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irate

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i·rate  (-rt, rt)
adj.
1. Extremely angry; enraged. See Synonyms at angry.
2. Characterized or occasioned by anger: an irate phone call.

[Latin rtus, past participle of rsc, to be angry, from ra, anger; see eis- in Indo-European roots.]

i·rately adv.
i·rateness n.

irate [aɪˈreɪt]
adj
1. incensed with anger; furious
2. marked by extreme anger an irate letter
[from Latin īrātus enraged, from īrascī to be angry]
irately  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.irate - feeling or showing extreme anger; "irate protesters"; "ireful words"
angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

irate
adjective angry, cross, furious, angered, mad (informal), provoked, annoyed, irritated, fuming (informal), choked, pissed (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), infuriated, incensed, enraged, worked up, exasperated, indignant, pissed off (taboo slang), livid, riled, up in arms, incandescent, hacked off (U.S. slang), piqued, hot under the collar (informal), wrathful, fit to be tied (slang), as black as thunder He was so irate he almost threw me out of the place.
Translations
irate [aɪˈreɪt] ADJindignado, furioso
he got very iratese indignó mucho, se puso furioso

irate [aɪˈreɪt] adjcourroucé(e)

irate
adjzornig; crowdwütend

irate [aɪˈreɪt] adjirato/a, infuriato/a
irate [aɪˈreɪt] adjirato/a, infuriato/a

irate
adj irate [aiˈreit]
angry. woedend غاضِب، مُتَهَيِّج غَضَباً гневен zlostný vred zornig θυμωμένος furioso maruvihane عصبانی vihastunut furieux כּוֹעֵס क्रुद्ध srdit, ljutit dühös marah reiður, æfur irato 怒った 성난 piktas, įtūžęs dusmīgs; nikns marah woedend rasende, harmdirrende rozgniewany irado furios гневный nazlostený besen srdit vred, rasande, ilsken โกรธเป็นไฟ kızgın öfkeli 生氣的 розгніваний, сердитий ناراض tức giận ,


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He locked with Nelson in the cockpit of the Reindeer, and in the mix-up barely escaped being brained by an iron bar wielded by irate French Frank--irate because a two-handed man had attacked a one- handed man.
The waiter who was busy with a party of engineers dining in the dining hall, came several times with an irate countenance in answer to her summons, and could not avoid carrying out her orders, as she gave them with such gracious insistence that there was no evading her.
He was a sneak and a thief, a mischief-maker, a fomenter of trouble; and irate squaws told him to his face, the while he eyed them alert and ready to dodge any quick-flung missile, that he was a wolf and worthless and bound to come to an evil end.
 
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