ire — meaning in English

English meaning

• anger noun A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, often triggered by feeling wronged or threatened.
• ire noun Intense anger; wrath, especially the kind provoked by a specific offense.
• wrath noun Intense anger, often with a desire for revenge.

Senses

ire is used for these senses in English:

• anger A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.
• ire Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
• wrath (uncountable, formal) Great anger; (countable) an instance of this.

anger — full definition

1. noun A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility, often triggered by feeling wronged or threatened.
2. verb To make someone feel angry.

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