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irate

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /aɪˈɹeɪt/
  • /ˈaɪɹeɪt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: AY0 R EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • feel irate
  • sound irate
  • totally irate

Meaning relationships

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

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

feeling or showing extreme anger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • irate protesters
  • ireful words

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ireful

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: яростен (jarosten) — extremely angry
  • Bulgarian: гневен (gneven) — extremely angry
  • Catalan: irat — extremely angry
  • Dutch: woedend — extremely angry
  • Dutch: ziedend — extremely angry
  • Finnish: raivostunut — extremely angry
  • French: furieux — extremely angry
  • French: en colère — extremely angry
  • Galician: irado — extremely angry
  • Galician: colérico — extremely angry
  • Galician: furioso — extremely angry
  • German: wütend — extremely angry
  • German: erzürnt — extremely angry
  • German: rasend — extremely angry
  • Hungarian: dühös — extremely angry
  • Hungarian: feldühödött — extremely angry
  • Hungarian: dühödt — extremely angry
  • Hungarian: felháborodott — extremely angry
  • Hungarian: felbőszült — extremely angry
  • Hungarian: haragos — extremely angry
  • Ido: iracinta — extremely angry
  • Italian: irato — extremely angry
  • Latin: īrātus — extremely angry
  • Romanian: furios — extremely angry
  • Russian: разъярённый (razʺjarjónnyj) — extremely angry
  • Slovak: rozzúrený — extremely angry
  • Slovak: zúrivý — extremely angry
  • Slovak: zúriaci — extremely angry
  • Spanish: encolerizado — extremely angry
  • Spanish: airado — extremely angry
  • Spanish: iracundo — extremely angry