Irate

//aɪˈɹeɪt// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

    "feel irate"

Adjective
  1. 1
    feeling or showing extreme anger wordnet

Synonyms

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angryirefulsorewrathfulacrimoniousangered

Example

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""Police state! Police state!" screamed an irate teenager as he was being dragged to a squad car for smoking weed publicly."

Etymology

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

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