as in anger
an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something
his irateness was such that we feared he might have a heart attack or stroke
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Noun
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To allow your anger at the cosmic unluckiness of a friend’s far-too-early passing be overwhelmed by your gratitude at the cosmic luckiness of ever having met them at all.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
15 May 2026 -
The past has a way of forcing its way into the present through memory, guilt, shame, anger and, in many cases, emotional breakdowns.—
Jerry Colonna,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Where is the indignation about this from politicians, community leaders and clergy?—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 May 2026
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Rhys, long an expert at instilling indignation with soulful sentiment, gets pushed further here.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
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The party also drew an appearance by Roger Ailes, the Fox News Channel chief who had faced Foxman’s wrath over the conspiracy musings of one-time Fox personality Beck.—
Ron Kampeas,
Sun Sentinel,
11 May 2026
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Although their relationship begins as a love story, the book brings home the profits of Jacob’s earlier brutality—fate catches up to him, and everything that is love and passion sort of spoils into wrath and obsession.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Our outrage, yours and mine, will not be to scale.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2026
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For a Dodgers team already resented for buying up baseball with its massive payroll, watching its star closer stroll through a cockfighting pit in full uniform feels tailor-made to ignite outrage back home.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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High protein diets are all the rage nowadays—and for good reason.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
15 May 2026
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Ménochet is a scary wonder as Marc, a great bear of a man who is chillingly adept at hiding his rage and possessiveness under the guise of a gentle, enlightened ascetic.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2026
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The fury comes just weeks after Prosecutor Melesa Johnson struck plea deals with Terry Young and Dominic Miller, two of three men charged with murder following the high-profile shooting that killed one person, Liza Lopez-Galvan, and injured more than 20 others.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
8 May 2026
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Commercial writers banded together in equal fury, putting out a rebuttal that same year titled, naturally, This Is Chick-Lit.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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Having to fight and co-exist with those hell-bent on spewing lies and attention-grabbing hyperbole only clouds up the room, ruins the mood and takes away minutes from those who have been tackling real problems that truly need their government’s help.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
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Week by week, the mood in the narrow classroom was increasingly glum, the students trading whispered remarks when Darcy spoke.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 May 2026
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“Irateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irateness. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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