1
: roused to ire
an irate taxpayer
2
: arising from anger
irate words
irately
adverb
irateness
noun
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
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Those directly affected by it were blindsided, and irate.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
The fast-food worker offered the irate customer a coffee in an attempt to calm her, but Brown was not satisfied, according to authorities.
—Mitch Picasso, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
When Bloomberg and his Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, Janette Sadik-Khan, launched Citi Bike in 2013, New Yorkers across the aisle were irate.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
After the fall of Hungary’s Communist dictatorship, dozens of decommissioned monuments were sent to Budapest’s Memento Park, including the boots from an enormous statue of Stalin, which had been torn down by irate crowds.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
The fast-food worker offered the irate customer a coffee in an attempt to calm her, but Brown was not satisfied, according to authorities.
—Mitch Picasso, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
When Bloomberg and his Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, Janette Sadik-Khan, launched Citi Bike in 2013, New Yorkers across the aisle were irate.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
After the fall of Hungary’s Communist dictatorship, dozens of decommissioned monuments were sent to Budapest’s Memento Park, including the boots from an enormous statue of Stalin, which had been torn down by irate crowds.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for irate
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irate. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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