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i·rate

irate

 
pronunciation:
aI reIt
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part of speech: adjective
definition: very angry.
My mother was irate when I arrived home after ten o'clock.
synonyms:
angry, incensed, indignant
similar words:
furious, livid, mad
derivations: irately (adv.), irateness (n.)
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