1
: roused to ire
an irate taxpayer
2
: arising from anger
irate words
irately
adverb
irateness
noun
Examples of irate in a Sentence
Irate viewers called the television network to complain about the show.
the big increase in cable rates prompted a flood of irate calls and letters
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The saga over this allegedly irate costermonger has been years in the making.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Faced with irate customers and a class-action lawsuit, Apple ditched the butterfly design and even offered free repairs.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Still, the idea of an irate multibillionaire making problems for Republicans is enticing to plenty of Democrats, who have not been above meddling in GOP primaries to help weaker candidates win nominations.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
In 2015, federal authorities said, Gabrielli accidentally set himself on fire while torching the Mercedes-Benz of a Queens businessman who had stopped making his annual payoffs to an irate mob captain involved in an extortion scheme.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 June 2025
Faced with irate customers and a class-action lawsuit, Apple ditched the butterfly design and even offered free repairs.
—Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 10 June 2025
Still, the idea of an irate multibillionaire making problems for Republicans is enticing to plenty of Democrats, who have not been above meddling in GOP primaries to help weaker candidates win nominations.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
In 2015, federal authorities said, Gabrielli accidentally set himself on fire while torching the Mercedes-Benz of a Queens businessman who had stopped making his annual payoffs to an irate mob captain involved in an extortion scheme.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for irate
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“Irate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irate. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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