What is a synonym for "ire"?

Common synonyms include: wrath, anger, fury, rage, wrath, a transient madness.

Ire

//aɪ.ɚ// name, noun, verb

name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1
Iron. obsolete, uncountable
"[…] 'Tell I'm rud as the smith makes the pieces of ire; […]"
2
Great anger; wrath; keen resentment. uncountable
"to raise the ire of someone"
3
belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) wordnet
4
a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance wordnet

Verb

1
To anger, to irritate. rare, transitive
"It doesn't tire a man to put down a carpet so much as it ires him."

Proper Noun

1
Abbreviation of Ireland (Republic of Ireland). abbreviation, alt-of
2
Abbreviation of Irish English. abbreviation, alt-of
"Quite a number of EE urban and rural dialects, educated English speech, IrE, and ScotE cannot be ruled out."
3
Initialism of Institute of Radio Engineers. abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

wrath anger fury rage wrath a transient madness

Example

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"Máire married the man who got first prize."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English ire, yre, from Old English īre, ȳre, īr, ȳr, shortened form of īren (“iron”). More at iron.

Etymology 2

From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin īra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eysh₂- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), οἶστρος (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan 𐬀𐬈𐬯𐬨𐬀 (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit इष् f (iṣ, “refreshment, strength”)). Compare also Middle English irre, erre (“anger, wrath”), from Old English yrre, ierre, eorre (“anger, wrath”).