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Synonyms for irate

  • adjective

Most common

angry enraged furious incensed

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Adjective

1. Angry — extremely angry; wrathful; enraged

angry, enraged, furious, incensed, mad, wrathful, indignant, infuriated, upset, livid, irritated, choleric, ireful, sore, cross, waxy, annoyed, fuming, raging, pissed vulgar informal AU CA, pissed off vulgar informal, wroth formal dated

Antonyms

calm, pleased, delighted

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

Example sentences

  • angry I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
  • furious Layla was furious that Sami conspired against her.
  • enraged Mary was enraged when she found out about the baby.
  • incensed He was incensed by their lack of incentives.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
iraterising
angryrising
furiousrising
enragedrising
incensedrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
mad1
4 letters
sore1, waxy2
5 letters
cross1, angry2, upset2, livid2, wroth
6 letters
pissed1, raging2, fuming2, ireful
7 letters
furious3, annoyed2, enraged2
8 letters
incensed2, wrathful, choleric3
9 letters
irritated4, indignant3
10 letters
infuriated5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (waxy2 = 2 syllables).