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
The sheriff's office said the victim stated Gipson visited her residence, quickly became irate and started attacking her.
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Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
Trump was particularly irate about multiple cases where a judge in one of the country's 94 federal judicial districts temporarily blocked policies nationwide while the cases are litigated.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Gutierrez began crying, and Osgood was irate when his detectives notified him.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
The battle hit a new level Tuesday morning when Trump contended in an irate social media post that a judge who had sought to halt the deportation of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 should be impeached.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
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Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
Trump was particularly irate about multiple cases where a judge in one of the country's 94 federal judicial districts temporarily blocked policies nationwide while the cases are litigated.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Gutierrez began crying, and Osgood was irate when his detectives notified him.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
The battle hit a new level Tuesday morning when Trump contended in an irate social media post that a judge who had sought to halt the deportation of Venezuelan migrants under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 should be impeached.
—Niall Stanage, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irate
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Late in the second half, with Arminia three goals down, the travelling fans were so angry that Fabian Klos, the club legend from whom Corboz inherited the captaincy, had to persuade them not to invade the pitch.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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Parents and students said a substitute teacher chased, choked and hit a student after becoming angry in a fourth grade classroom at Meadowview.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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The reaction from agency and network veterans was swift and indignant.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
7 May 2025
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After a year of intense efforts, we are baffled and indignant.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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New York trailed by 13 with 5:38 left in the game and tried to continue the series’ streak of someone — Knicks or Pacers — making a furious fourth quarter comeback.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
27 May 2025
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Connecticut has funneled $12.5 billion in surpluses since 2017 to build reserves and scale back pension debt, a furious pace that far outstrips any similar effort in modern history.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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And Just Like That is almost upon us—and with it, another series full of increasingly maximal, mad fashion choices.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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Meanwhile, a couple of other aliens are dispatched to bring him back: his mad scientist inventor Jumba (Zach Galifianakis) and Earth-loving oddball Pleakley (Billy Magnussen).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
21 May 2025
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Upon investigating the townhouse, police allegedly found blood splatters and recovered an array of items, including a saw, chicken wire, ballistic helmets, body armor, and night vision goggles.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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Ukraine's President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said on Monday Russia had launched more than 900 drones at Ukraine in three days, mixed in with ballistic and cruise missile strikes.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irate. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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