irate

CEFRC1

/aɪˈɹeɪt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Extremely angry about something.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

Examples

  • How would you deal with an angry or irate customer?

  • Fadil became very irate.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • Tom became very irate.

  • totally irate

Synonyms

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank passenger screamed at the airline staff after they canceled his flight without notice.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

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