Etymology

ireful

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Today it means: Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it; full of ire; angry; wroth. Full definition →

Middle English ireful
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromireful
  2. English todayireful

From Middle English ireful; equivalent to ire + -ful.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.