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 angryangryTopics Feelingsc2- mad
- indignant
- cross
- irate
- 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。
- 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。
- irate very angry:
irate customers 愤怒的顾客 an irate letter 言辞激愤的信
- 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
Oxford Collocations DictionaryIrate is used with these nouns:- customer
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin iratus, from ira ‘anger’.