Definition of IRATE

irate

Adjective Satellite

  • feeling or showing extreme anger
    • "irate protesters"

Adj

  • Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

Adjective

  • Feeling or characterized by great anger.

Examples

  • He became irate when his perfect bingo was blocked by a single, pesky ’A’.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

ireful, angry, annoyed, apoplectic, bad-tempered, berserk, big mad, blood-boiling, boiling mad, cheesed off, choleric, cross, enraged, fit to be tied, fuming, furibund, furious, fury, glimflashy, hopping mad, ill-natured, incensed, infuriated, irate, ired, irritated, little mad, livid, mad, mad as a bear with a sore head, p'd off, pathetic, pissed, pissed off, pissy, raging, ready to be tied, screwfaced, seething, sore, spitting chips, splenetic, steaming, up on one's ear, vexed, waxy, wode, wrathful, wroth, zowerswopped

Scrabble Score: 5

irate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
irate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
irate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

irate: valid Words With Friends Word