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Definition of Irate
1. Adjective. Feeling or showing extreme anger. "Ireful words"
Definition of Irate
1. a. Angry; incensed; enraged.
Definition of Irate
1. Adjective. Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Irate
1. angry [adj IRATER, IRATEST] : IRATELY [adv] - See also: angry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Irate
Literary usage of Irate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... which they subsequently exchanged ' for a public-house in Cock Alley, Cripple-
irate. An acquaintance formed with Charles Hitchen, a constable who had ..."
2. History of the Northwest Coast by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak (1886)
"... MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA HE PROCEEDS TO HONOLULU AND FORT VANCOUVER—SIMPSON DOES
NOT LIKE ins LOOKS AND SNUBS HIM—WHEREAT HE is irate, THOUGH IN HIS BOOK ..."
3. South by West, Or, Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico by Rose Georgina Kingsley (1874)
"... surprises—Cheyenne canon—A distant view—Prospecting on Pike's Peak— Colonists—The
irate market-gardeners—Indians and their doings—Farewell to Colorado. ..."
4. Trooper and Redskin in the Far North-West: Recollections of Life in the by John G. Donkin (1889)
"... Summer— Cold—Provost guard—Prisoners—Escape of Sioux—The Broncho—All sorts
and conditions of men—Horse-thieves— Pay—Fever—The irate doctor. ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"... which they subsequently exchanged ' for a public-house in Cock Alley, Cripple-
irate. An acquaintance formed with Charles Hitchen, a constable who had ..."
6. History of the Northwest Coast by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak (1886)
"... MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA HE PROCEEDS TO HONOLULU AND FORT VANCOUVER—SIMPSON DOES
NOT LIKE ins LOOKS AND SNUBS HIM—WHEREAT HE is irate, THOUGH IN HIS BOOK ..."
7. South by West, Or, Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico by Rose Georgina Kingsley (1874)
"... surprises—Cheyenne canon—A distant view—Prospecting on Pike's Peak— Colonists—The
irate market-gardeners—Indians and their doings—Farewell to Colorado. ..."
8. Trooper and Redskin in the Far North-West: Recollections of Life in the by John G. Donkin (1889)
"... Summer— Cold—Provost guard—Prisoners—Escape of Sioux—The Broncho—All sorts
and conditions of men—Horse-thieves— Pay—Fever—The irate doctor. ..."