irate

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/aɪˈɹeɪt//ˈaɪɹeɪt/

adjective

Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

“feel irate”

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furiousinfuriatedsoreagitatedangryannoyedapoplecticbad-tempered
OriginLatin īrātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveirate (comparative more irate or irater, superlative most irate or iratest)

comparative more irate · comparative irater · superlative most irate · superlative iratest

  1. Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

    feel irate

    2 more examples

    sound irate

    totally irate

    Synonyms: furious, infuriated, sore, agitated, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExtremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

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furiousinfuriatedsoreagitatedangryannoyedapoplecticbad-temperedberserkbig madblood-boilingboiling madbutthurtcheesed offcholericcrankycrossenragedfit to be tiedfrustrated

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivefeeling or showing extreme anger

Similar
irefulangry
Also see
angryireful

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinīrātus“angered, angry”
  2. Englishirate

From Latin īrātus (“angered, angry”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from īrāscor (“to be angry”), from īra (“anger, wrath”).

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Translations

Bulgarian яростен, гневен
  • яростен (jarosten)extremely angry
  • гневен (gneven)extremely angry
Catalan irat
  • iratextremely angry
Dutch woedend, ziedend
  • woedendextremely angry
  • ziedendextremely angry
Finnish raivostunut
  • raivostunutextremely angry
French furieux, en colère
  • furieuxextremely angry
  • en colèreextremely angry
German wütend, erzürnt
  • wütendextremely angry
  • erzürntextremely angry
  • rasendextremely angry
Hungarian dühös, feldühödött
  • dühösextremely angry
  • feldühödöttextremely angry
  • dühödtextremely angry
  • felháborodottextremely angry
  • felbőszültextremely angry
  • haragosextremely angry
Italian irato
  • iratoextremely angry
Latin īrātus
  • īrātusextremely angry
Romanian furios
  • furiosextremely angry
Russian разъярённый
  • разъярённый (razʺjarjónnyj)extremely angry
Slovak rozzúrený, zúrivý
  • rozzúrenýextremely angry
  • zúrivýextremely angry
  • zúriaciextremely angry
Spanish encolerizado, airado
  • encolerizadoextremely angry
  • airadoextremely angry
  • iracundoextremely angry

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with irate

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Anagrams

ArtieteraiTiareraite
Cite this entry
APA

irate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irate

MLA

“irate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irate.

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