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
Those directly affected by it were blindsided, and irate.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Nov. 2025
The fast-food worker offered the irate customer a coffee in an attempt to calm her, but Brown was not satisfied, according to authorities.
—Mitch Picasso, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025
When Bloomberg and his Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, Janette Sadik-Khan, launched Citi Bike in 2013, New Yorkers across the aisle were irate.
—Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
After the fall of Hungary’s Communist dictatorship, dozens of decommissioned monuments were sent to Budapest’s Memento Park, including the boots from an enormous statue of Stalin, which had been torn down by irate crowds.
—Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for irate
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Robby is angry at himself for not seeing it.—
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None of the referees appeared to be struck by the objects being thrown on the court, despite video showing a windfall of debris raining down from the angry crowd.—
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The real reason, unquestionably, is that Putin is indignant that Zelensky stood up to his bullying.—
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But what really kickstarts Ron’s detective brain again is the realization (thanks to some indignant words from a caller who otherwise limits himself to heavy breathing) that the conspiracy doesn’t end with Alice Quintana.—
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Things eventually come to a head back in Cairo, where local police arrest Roper and his team, only for the enraged buyers, who were defrauded due to Pine's intervention, to seize the convoy.—
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If not for the deeply funny asides and anecdotes from the book’s fictional characters, the reader would be left enraged and shaking.—
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If people are outraged that Trump seeks regime change in Venezuela to control the country's oil, that's news.—
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Families physically pulled apart by uncaring hands over the outraged screams of the bereft?—
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.—
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Anaheim had a furious rally in the third, outshooting Washington 17-5.—
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For at that very moment, the barn door swung open, and snow swept up in a furious fashion.—
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And everyone is mad at Andrew—though this one feels like a rumor and more reality.—
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He’s been thrown straight into a mad month, in which Chelsea have Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Champions League fixtures.—
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Hodges watched the crowd flow by, noting that a significant number wore tactical gear such as helmets, goggles, and ballistic vests—not the sort of accoutrements people typically wear to peaceably listen to speeches.—
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Ali called for an independent investigation by the California Attorney General, as well as the immediate release of all body-camera footage, ballistic evidence and witness statements.—
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irate. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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