1
: roused to ire
an irate taxpayer
2
: arising from anger
irate words
irately
adverb
irateness
noun
Synonyms
- angered
- angry
- apoplectic
- ballistic
- cheesed off [chiefly British]
- choleric
- enraged
- foaming
- fuming
- furious
- hopping
- horn-mad
- hot
- incensed
- indignant
- inflamed
- enflamed
- infuriate
- infuriated
- ireful
- livid
- mad
- outraged
- rabid
- rankled
- riled
- riley
- roiled
- shirty [chiefly British]
- sore
- steamed up
- steaming
- teed off
- ticked
- wrathful
- wroth
Examples of irate in a Sentence
Irate viewers called the television network to complain about the show.
the big increase in cable rates prompted a flood of irate calls and letters
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Jaiswal dropped a trio of catches, which did prove costly for India, on day four with a visibly irate Rohit gesticulating wildly as his emotions bubbled over.
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Tensions are already running high in this town due to water shortages (as a radio announcement informs), and the knowledge that a predator is roaming around adds fuel to the fire with irate local men trying to find the culprit on their own.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
Carter is cornered, and Colby is kicked twice by the irate black horse, and dies instantly.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration earlier this month approved another 3,700 acre solar farm near irate retirees in tiny Desert Center, who already have 18,000 acres of projects surrounding them on three sides.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Tensions are already running high in this town due to water shortages (as a radio announcement informs), and the knowledge that a predator is roaming around adds fuel to the fire with irate local men trying to find the culprit on their own.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 30 Dec. 2024
Carter is cornered, and Colby is kicked twice by the irate black horse, and dies instantly.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2024
The Biden administration earlier this month approved another 3,700 acre solar farm near irate retirees in tiny Desert Center, who already have 18,000 acres of projects surrounding them on three sides.
—Janet Wilson, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irate. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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