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Irate

//aɪˈɹeɪt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

    "feel irate"

Adjective
  1. 1
    feeling or showing extreme anger wordnet

Etymology

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

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