Definitions for irate

irate i·rate

Spelling: [ahy-reyt, ahy-reyt]
IPA: /aɪˈreɪt, ˈaɪ reɪt/

Irate is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 77 anagrams from letters in irate (aeirt).

Definitions for irate

adjective

  1. angry; enraged:
  2. arising from or characterized by anger:

Origin of irate

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

Examples for irate

As protestors and irate MKs demonstrate, this cannot change with one Supreme Court ruling.

How wrong is the Tea Party, irate and ill-tempered as it may be, in its critique of government operations?

The judge was irate, and determined to give the intruder a set down.

In one episode, two undercover air marshals subdued and handcuffed the irate traveler in question.

The irate Shadrach seized his steward by the collar and shook him, not too gently.

"You—you go and clean up the cellar," ordered the irate captain.

He looked down at the irate red face with a calm and wondering eye.

At the time of this writing, over 800 irate comments follow the post.

Who but an irate headmaster ever referred to Jack Nicholson by his surname?

"May you be roasted on a gridiron like Saint Lawrence," gasped the irate priest.

Word Value for irate
Scrable

5

Words with friends

5

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