ire
intense anger; wrath.
Origin of ire
1Other words for ire
Other words from ire
- ireless, adjective
Other definitions for Ire. (2 of 2)
Ireland.
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How to use ire in a sentence
This time, he drew ire by going after the workers who have even fewer protections: those who make minimum wage.
Later, the curriculum attracted the ire of tea party conservatives, and quickly became a cause celébre for Republicans.
Dinosaurs like Donald Sterling draw the ire of Americans, regardless of political affiliation or ideological tilt.
In choosing to extend her pin up brand into the territory of the sacred mother, she has wandered into a storm of feminist ire.
Enter Indiegogo, whose dubious campaigns have earned it ire from creators and backers alike.
These stops greatly excited the ire of Berlioz, who declaims against them in his celebrated work on orchestration.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing MillerThe F. text has une vielle irese, and M. Mon explains irese by angry, or full of ire.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerHence, a note in Bell suggests that irish here means 'full of ire.'
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerThe low nature and character of the two boys rouses Bruno's ire, and he constantly flies into a rage when he is with them.
Maezli | Johanna SpyriThe taunts and jeers thrown out are calculated to stir up ire and ill-feeling; I shall pass them by with disregard.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene Chittenden
British Dictionary definitions for ire (1 of 2)
/ (aɪə) /
literary anger; wrath
Origin of ire
1Derived forms of ire
- ireful, adjective
- irefully, adverb
- irefulness, noun
- ireless, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for Ire. (2 of 2)
Ireland
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