Definition of irate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

irate

adjective

/aɪˈreɪt/

/aɪˈreɪt/,

/ˈaɪreɪt/

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very angry
- irate customers
- an irate phone call
- She sounded extremely irate.
Synonyms angry
angrymad ▪ indignant ▪ cross ▪ irateThese words all describe people feeling and/or showing anger.
angry feeling or showing anger:
Please don’t be angry with me.
Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.
mad [not before noun] (informal, especially North American English) angry:
He got mad and walked out.
She’s mad at me for being late.
Mad is the usual word for ‘angry’ in informal American English. In British English, the phrase ‘go mad’ means ‘become very angry’: Dad’ll go mad when he sees what you’ve done. ‘Go mad’ can also mean ‘go crazy’ or ‘get very excited’.indignant feeling or showing anger and surprise because you think that you or somebody else has been treated unfairly:
She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.
cross (especially British English, rather informal) rather angry or annoyed:
I was quite cross with him for being late.
This word is often used by or to children.irate very angry:
irate customers
an irate letter
Irate is not usually followed by a preposition: She was irate with me/about it.
Patterns
- angry/mad/indignant/cross about/at something
- angry/cross with somebody (for doing something)
- angry/mad/indignant/cross that …
- to get angry/mad/cross
- to make somebody angry/mad/cross
Topics Feelingsc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
Irate is used with these nouns:
customer
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Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin iratus, from ira ‘anger’.

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