ireful

/'aiəful/

Thân thiện

An ireful customer slams his fist on the service counter.

Definition

Adjective: - Feeling or showing extreme anger: Describes a state of being intensely angry or the expression of such anger.

Usage

The word "ireful" is a formal and somewhat literary adjective. It is used to describe a person who is filled with wrath or actions, words, or looks that manifest such strong anger. It is stronger than simply "angry" and closer in meaning to "furious" or "wrathful."

Examples

• The manager's ireful outburst shocked the entire team.
• She gave him an ireful glare before storming out of the room.
• The king's ireful decree left the court in fear.

Advanced Usage

• "Ireful temper": A disposition prone to intense anger.
  • He was known for his ireful temper, which made others cautious around him.
• "Ireful rhetoric": Language or speech characterized by extreme anger.
  • The politician's ireful rhetoric escalated the tension in the debate.

Variants and Related Words

• Ire (n): Anger, wrath. (The root noun from which "ireful" is derived).
  • The decision stirred public ire.
• Irate (adj): Angry. (A more common synonym, though slightly less intense than "ireful").
  • The irate customer demanded to speak to the manager.

Synonyms

• Wrathful: Full of or characterized by intense anger.
• Furious: Extremely angry.
• Incensed: Very angry; enraged.
• Livid: Furiously angry.

Antonyms

• Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.
• Placated: Soothed, pacified; no longer angry.
• Serene: Calm, peaceful, and untroubled.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. feeling or showing extreme anger
   • irate protesters
   • ireful words

Từ đồng nghĩa

• irate