irate

English

Etymology

From Latin iratus (“angered, angry”), from irasci (“to be angry”), from ira (“anger, wrath”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɪˈɹeɪt/, /ˈaɪɹeɪt/
Rhymes: -eɪt

Adjective

irate (comparative irater, superlative iratest)

Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

Synonyms

furious
infuriated
sore
See also Thesaurus:angry

Related terms

Translations

extremely angry

Catalan: irat
Dutch: woedend (nl), ziedend (nl)
Finnish: raivostunut (fi)
French: furieux (fr), en colère (fr)
German: wütend (de), erzürnt (de), rasend (de)

Ido: iracinta (io)
Italian: irato
Russian: разъярённый (ru) (razʺjarjónnyj)
Spanish: encolerizado (es)

References

irate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
irate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
irate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

Artie, Tiare, raite, retia, terai

Italian

Adjective

irate

feminine plural of irato

Anagrams

Latin

Adjective

īrāte

vocative masculine singular of īrātus

References

irate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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