irate

adjective

/aɪˈreɪt/

/aɪˈreɪt/, /ˈaɪreɪt/

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very angry极其愤怒的；暴怒的
- irate customers愤怒的顾客
- an irate phone call怒气冲冲的电话
- She sounded extremely irate.她听起来非常生气。
Synonyms angry
angry
- mad
- indignant
- cross
- irate
These words all describe people feeling and/or showing anger.
- angry feeling or showing anger:
  Please don’t be angry with me.请别生我的气。
  Thousands of angry demonstrators filled the square.广场上聚满了成千上万的愤怒示威者。
- mad [not before noun] (informal, especially North American English) angry:
  He got mad and walked out.他大动肝火，愤然离去。
  She’s mad at me for being late.我迟到了，她非常生气。
  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.她对自己受到的待遇大为光火。
- cross (especially British English, rather informal) rather angry or annoyed:
  I was quite cross with him for being late.我因他迟到而十分生气。
  This word is often used by or to children.
- irate very angry:
  irate customers愤怒的顾客
  an irate letter言辞激愤的信
  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’.

BNC: 18773 COCA: 16784

irate adj.
⇨ angry

BNC: 18773 COCA: 16784

irate

Feeling very or extremely angry: furious, irate, seething...

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