as in angry
feeling or showing anger the big increase in cable rates prompted a flood of irate calls and letters

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Recent Examples of irate Joined by his irate father, Frederick (Brian Stokes Mitchell), the good doctor chastises Mrs. Kirkland for spreading gossip and sullying Peggy’s honest reputation. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2025 Body camera video shows police and casino staff speaking with Tamura in a room, with one officer growing irate after Tamura repeatedly refused to give his name. Rudy Chinchilla, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025 That was the routine until Friday afternoon when an irate customer stabbed him to death during a skirmish over cigarettes. Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2025 That’s when the shouting started, continuing for more than an hour as the Republican lawmaker faced a rowdy town hall crowd in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Aug. 4, full of people irate about Trump's new bill and other policies coming from his administration. Zac Anderson, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for irate
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  • But Newsom seems to have found his footing nationally by catering to angry anti-Trump Democrats, his conciliatory remarks in the aftermath of Kirk’s shooting notwithstanding.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • For example, long wait times, high prices and confusing models have left people angry with the car sales industry.
    Brandon Aversano, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • The YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But Hunter speaks with the indignant passion of someone who made nearly $1.5 million selling his art during his father’s campaign and the early years of his administration.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 23 July 2025
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  • As voices across the political spectrum call to lower the temperature following the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday, many in the MAGA world are mourning his loss, with some enraged and escalating their rhetoric online.
    Will Steakin, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Money floods into affected districts, muffling outrage precisely when constituents are most enraged.
    John J. Donohue, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • After workers covered Delray Beach’s LGBTQ+ pride intersection in black paint, outraged city officials agreed Tuesday night to file a petition to challenge the legality of the state’s orders to remove street art.
    Shira Moolten, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now outraged viewers are attacking the press for supposedly attempting to bury the story and using the video to push extremist views and propaganda.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • Allen leads Bills’ furious comeback After a fast start, the Bills’ offense had extreme difficulty getting things going downfield.
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One of the worst losses from any team this season sparked reactions from furious Dodgers fans on social media.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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  • Can decades of quotidian contentment really hold a candle to the mad blush of first love?
    Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Poetry walks with me each step of my mad thinking.
    Rickey Laurentiis, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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  • Law enforcement uncovered physical, medical, forensic, ballistic and reenactment evidence that contradicted the McNairy County sheriff's account of his wife's 1967 murder.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Ukraine's air defenses shot down 563 drones, one of the Kinzhal missiles, seven ballistic weapons and 18 cruise missiles, the air force said.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irate. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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