1
: roused to ire
an irate taxpayer
2
: arising from anger
irate words
irately
adverb
irateness
noun
Synonyms
- angered
- angry
- apoplectic
- ballistic
- cheesed off [chiefly British]
- choleric
- enraged
- foaming
- fuming
- furious
- hopping
- horn-mad
- hot
- incensed
- indignant
- inflamed
- enflamed
- infuriate
- infuriated
- ireful
- livid
- mad
- outraged
- rabid
- rankled
- riled
- riley
- roiled
- shirty [chiefly British]
- sore
- steamed up
- steaming
- teed off
- ticked
- wrathful
- wroth
Examples of irate in a Sentence
Irate viewers called the television network to complain about the show.
the big increase in cable rates prompted a flood of irate calls and letters
Recent Examples on the Web
Consumers’ confusion is so high that a YouTube video on how to cancel your Albert subscription has attracted more than 15,000 views and dozens of comments from irate users.
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Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Media titan Rupert Murdoch was irate at the judgment.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2024
Tourist message boards about Disney are chock full of threads about two-hour waits for rides, and the very expensive and ultimately discontinued Galactic Starcruiser immersive hotel attraction drew a particularly irate fan backlash.
—Brian Stelter, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2024
The stresses of over-tourism sometimes spur irate displays directed at outsiders — such as attention-grabbing anti-tourist protests in Barcelona last month, with demonstrators wielding water pistols, or hostile graffiti popping up in places like Athens.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
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Jeff Kauflin, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Media titan Rupert Murdoch was irate at the judgment.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2024
Tourist message boards about Disney are chock full of threads about two-hour waits for rides, and the very expensive and ultimately discontinued Galactic Starcruiser immersive hotel attraction drew a particularly irate fan backlash.
—Brian Stelter, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2024
The stresses of over-tourism sometimes spur irate displays directed at outsiders — such as attention-grabbing anti-tourist protests in Barcelona last month, with demonstrators wielding water pistols, or hostile graffiti popping up in places like Athens.
—Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2024
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irate. Accessed 22 Oct. 2024.
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