Definition of ire
:intense and usually openly displayed anger
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Examples of ire in a Sentence
He directed his ire at the coworkers who reported the incident.
the patronizing comment from the snooty waiter roused her ire
Recent Examples of ire from the Web
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Though the union is facing most of the committee's ire, the rogue dealerships may also have been in violation.
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Curiel drew the ire of then-candidate Trump in 2016 over Curiel's handling of a suit against Trump University.
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There, a delegation of primarily Massachusetts State Police shepherded the target away from his pursuers, who then turned pointless ire at the police, who responded in classic cop fashion by rolling out something that looked very much like a tank.
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The election board raised the ire of commissioners and the county council a few years ago after spending more than $160,000 on electronic poll books without first approaching either body.
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Ifop political scientist Jérôme Fourquet said the fanfare surrounding Trump and Putin’s visits was met with ire by the French public, with whom neither leader is popular.
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A running motif in the episode is that Tasha is a hoodrat who deserves the ire of Issa and her friends, but the truth is, Tasha hasn’t done anything wrong.
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Former President Barack Obama had tried to make appointments to the National Labor Relations Board during Congress' winter break one year, drawing the ire of Senate Republicans.
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This is not the first time Mr. Trump has roused the ire of his neighbors in Virginia.
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Origin and Etymology of ire
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin ira; perhaps akin to Greek oistros gadfly, frenzy
ire Synonyms
Synonyms
angriness, birse [chiefly Scottish], choler, furor, fury, indignation, irateness, anger, lividity, lividness, mad, madness, mood [archaic], outrage, rage, spleen, wrath, wrathfulnessAntonyms
delight, pleasureRelated Words
aggravation, annoyance, exasperation, irritation, vexation; acrimoniousness, acrimony, animosity, antagonism, antipathy, bile, biliousness, bitterness, contempt, embitterment, empoisonment, enmity, grudge, hostility, rancor; envy, jaundice, jealousy, pique, resentment; malevolence, malice, spite, vengefulness, venom, vindictiveness, virulence, vitriol; belligerence, contentiousness, contrariness, crankiness, disputatiousness, hot-headedness, irascibility, irascibleness, irritability, orneriness, pugnaciousness, pugnacity, quarrelsomeness, querulousness; blowup, flare, flare-up, outburst; chafe, dander, dudgeon, huff, pet, rise, ruffle, temper; air rage, road rage; delirium, heat, passion, warmthNear Antonyms
calmness, forbearance, patienceSynonym Discussion of ire
anger, ire, rage, fury, indignation, wrath mean an intense emotional state induced by displeasure. anger, the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does not convey cause or intensity.
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- tried to hide his anger
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- cheeks flushed with ire
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- shook with rage
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- could not contain his fury
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- a comment that caused general indignation
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- I feared her wrath if I was discovered
Ire
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