Definition of ire Ire
/ajˈɹ/ - [ayr] - ire
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| ire - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance | ||
| anger, choler | ||
| emotion any strong feeling | ||
| fury, madness, rage a feeling of intense anger; "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned"; "his face turned red with rage" | ||
| enragement, infuriation a feeling of intense anger | ||
| umbrage, offence, offense a feeling of anger caused by being offended; "he took offence at my question" | ||
| indignation, outrage a feeling of righteous anger | ||
| huffiness a passing state of anger and resentment | ||
| hackles, dander a feeling of anger and animosity; "having one's hackles or dander up" | ||
| bad temper, ill temper a persisting angry mood | ||
| ire - belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) | ||
| wrath, anger, ira | ||
| deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace; "theologians list seven mortal sins" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ire (n.)
Anger; wrath.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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ire
Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ire
īr, n. anger: rage: keen resentment.—adjs. Irate (ī-rāt′ or i-rāt′), enraged: angry; Ire′ful, full of ire or wrath: resentful.—adv. Ire′fully.—n. Ire′fulness. [L. ira, anger, irasci, irātus, to be angry.]
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🔤- ire, noun, singular of ires.
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