ireful

ire·ful

I i

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ahyuh r-fuh l]
- /ˈaɪər fəl/
- /ˈaɪə.fəl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ahyuh r-fuh l]
- /ˈaɪər fəl/

Definitions of ireful word

adjective ireful full of intense anger; wrathful. 1
adjective ireful easily roused to anger; irascible. 1
noun ireful Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it. Full of ire; angry; wroth. 1

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Origin of ireful

First appearance:

before 1250

One of the 11% oldest English words

Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at ire, -ful

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Parts of speech for Ireful

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Ireful

ireful popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

ireful usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for ireful

adj ireful

bent — Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend.
beside oneself — If you are beside yourself with anger or excitement, you are extremely angry or excited.
boiling — very warm
crazed — Crazed people are wild and uncontrolled, and perhaps insane.
demented — Someone who is demented has a severe mental illness, especially Alzheimer's disease.

adjective ireful

furious — full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
enraged — Very angry; furious.

All 38 Synonyms of ireful