🇬🇧 Irate meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Irate means feeling very, very angry, like when you’re so mad your face turns red and you could almost pop like a balloon. An irate person is not just a little annoyed; they are super upset and really worked up about something.

My little brother got irate because his pancake had only two blueberries while mine had three, so he demanded a fruit investigation.

Our cat gets irate every time we tell him he can’t drive the car to the vet himself.

Grandpa looked irate when his phone called a pizza place instead of his dentist, but we thought the phone just had great priorities.

Mom was irate when she saw the muddy footprints, until she realized they were the dog’s and not her children’s—then the dog got the irate look.

Scientists say there’s no special ‘irate face muscle’ in humans, but when my mom saw my report card, I’m pretty sure she discovered a new one.

The bakery window broke; an irate baker waved a pan, an irate customer banged the counter, and an irate child pointed at spilled cakes. The irate dog barked, the irate cat hissed, and the room hummed with red faces. Then the baker sighed, shared a tray, and the irate crowd melted into shy smiles.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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