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
Recent Examples on the Web
The more irate the customer seems to be, the more the AI tends to appease the person (well, to clarify, the AI said-to-be placation has been shaped or programmed this way).
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Who knows who’s carrying a gun and might get irate when someone else blocks the screen or answers a cell phone during a movie showing.
—Diane Gensler, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers fans were irate when right fielder Mookie Betts nearly lost his glove — and risked injury — at the hands of two New York Yankees fans who fought with him over a fly ball in the World Series.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
That strain was captured in irate social media posts with images of snorkelers continuing their vacation as the ruins of Lahaina smoldered.
—Ely Brown, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Who knows who’s carrying a gun and might get irate when someone else blocks the screen or answers a cell phone during a movie showing.
—Diane Gensler, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers fans were irate when right fielder Mookie Betts nearly lost his glove — and risked injury — at the hands of two New York Yankees fans who fought with him over a fly ball in the World Series.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
That strain was captured in irate social media posts with images of snorkelers continuing their vacation as the ruins of Lahaina smoldered.
—Ely Brown, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2024
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irate. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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