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irate

[ahy-reyt, ahy-reyt] / aɪˈreɪt, ˈaɪ reɪt /


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“They don’t deserve to have the Olympic Games here,” said Nils Allègre, Sarrazin’s irate French teammate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Long delays, mixed messages and irate managers have been the story of the day.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2026

After that game, an irate Amorim stressed he was United's manager rather than just the coach during an eye-catching press conference in which he told the scouting department and Wilcox "to do their job".

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

“My client wasn’t defending herself against Mr. Bruster, but against” the irate customer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

These are the ones that repeatedly turn up in style guides, pet-peeve lists, newspaper language columns, irate letters to the editor, and inventories of common errors in student papers.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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