as in angry
feeling or showing anger
the big increase in cable rates prompted a flood of irate calls and letters
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Recent Examples of irate
In the Eagles’ 62-21 defeat at Mountain Vista on Oct. 4 — the Eagles’ worst loss in program history — some Valor Christian adults were visibly irate and yelling negative comments toward the field.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
Dad and son scram to a hiding place in the Colombian jungle, soon joined by an irate mom.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 May 2025
The sheriff's office said the victim stated Gipson visited her residence, quickly became irate and started attacking her.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
Trump was particularly irate about multiple cases where a judge in one of the country's 94 federal judicial districts temporarily blocked policies nationwide while the cases are litigated.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 May 2025
Dad and son scram to a hiding place in the Colombian jungle, soon joined by an irate mom.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 May 2025
The sheriff's office said the victim stated Gipson visited her residence, quickly became irate and started attacking her.
—Christina Shaw, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025
Trump was particularly irate about multiple cases where a judge in one of the country's 94 federal judicial districts temporarily blocked policies nationwide while the cases are litigated.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irate
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Major tennis governing bodies moved to combat online abuse and published last year a report that attributed nearly half of abusive social media posts to angry gamblers.—
Reuters,
CNN Money,
3 June 2025
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Testimony in a Placer County murder trial continued Tuesday with an investigator reciting angry emails over a $1.3 million loan for a fledgling business between a Lake Tahoe-area couple and their former Major League Baseball player son-in-law who is accused of shooting them.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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The reaction from agency and network veterans was swift and indignant.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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Ripley capped off a furious comeback with a Razor’s Edge toss of Perez onto Giulia, followed by a slam onto a ladder lodged between the first and second ropes.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Then came the very public split between President Trump and Elon Musk, and a flurry of furious Twitter/X and Truth Social postings, aimed at each other with razor-sharp edges.—
Space.com Staff,
Space.com,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Fast, not scared to use his front bumper, don't care if somebody gets mad about it and on the verge of becoming a star.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Madison would play twin sisters in a story that sees a mad prince take in the noble class into his castle while a plague devastates the peasantry.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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Further, Israel’s previous attacks on Iran in April and October 2024 managed to degrade Iran’s ballistic and surface-to-air missiles and air defense radar systems.—
Javed Ali,
The Conversation,
13 June 2025
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Elliott is a big believer in the importance of ballistic movements like jumping and landing, and also in the power of 3D motion analysis to pick up subtle signs of impending injury.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irate. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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