irate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite feeling or showing extreme anger
    ireful.
    • irate protesters
    • ireful words

WordNet

I*rate" adjective
Etymology
L. iratus, fr. irasci to be angry. See Ire.
Definitions
  1. Angry; incensed; enraged. Recent
    The irate colonel . . . stood speechless. Thackeray.
    Mr. Jaggers suddenly became most irate. Dickens.

Webster 1913