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
Placing the suspect on an ambulance gurney, cops and medics had to fight their way through the irate mob while carrying Irish, who was being mocked and jeered.
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
When my column appeared last September, I was told by people who know the Bidens well that the president was angry but that the first lady was irate.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Worries in Wynwood Some longtime Wynwood developers and property owners who nurtured the prize-winning special building rules are worried and irate.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
Head coach Dan Hurley, who just three over weeks ago was irate with his team leading Georgetown by 25 with six minutes left, doesn’t plan on letting up now.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2024
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 13 July 2024
When my column appeared last September, I was told by people who know the Bidens well that the president was angry but that the first lady was irate.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
Worries in Wynwood Some longtime Wynwood developers and property owners who nurtured the prize-winning special building rules are worried and irate.
—Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 June 2024
Head coach Dan Hurley, who just three over weeks ago was irate with his team leading Georgetown by 25 with six minutes left, doesn’t plan on letting up now.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irate. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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