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irate

[ahy-reyt, ahy-reyt] Origin

i·rate

[ahy-reyt, ahy-reyt]
adjective
1.
angry; enraged: an irate customer.
2.
arising from or characterized by anger: an irate letter to the editor.

Origin:
1830–40; < Latin īrātus past participle of īrāscī to be angry, get angry; see irascible, -ate1

i·rate·ly, adverb
i·rate·ness, noun
non·i·rate, adjective
non·i·rate·ly, adverb


1. furious, irritated, provoked.


1. calm.

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Irate is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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irate (aɪˈreɪt)
 
adj
1.  incensed with anger; furious
2.  marked by extreme anger: an irate letter
 
[C19: from Latin īrātus enraged, from īrascī to be angry]
 
i'rately
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

irate
1838, from L. iratus "angry, enraged, violent, furious," pp. of irasci "grow angry," from ira "anger" (see ire).
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