Definition of IRATE

irate

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

  • feeling or showing extreme anger
    • "irate protesters"

Adj

  • Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Scrabble Score: 5

irate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
irate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
irate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

irate is a valid Words With Friends word