ira-, iras-, ire- +
(Latin: anger, wrath, rage; enraged, furious)
irascibility
A feeling of resentful anger.
irascible
1. Easily provoked to anger or outbursts of temper.
2. Very irritable; such as, an irascible old man.
2. Characterized or produced by anger; such as, an irascible response.
irascibleness
1. The quality of being irascible, or easily inflamed by anger.
2. Irritability of temper.
irascibly
Easily made angry.
irate
1. Extremely angry; enraged; furious, indignant, irate, ireful, wrathful.
2. Characterized or occasioned by anger; such as, an irate phone call.
3. Showing or typical of great anger.
irately
In an angry manner; furious, irritated, provoked.
ire
1. Belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins).
2. A feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance.
3. A strong emotion or anger.
4. Intense anger; wrath.
5. Anger; wrath; keen resentment; a word chiefly used in poetry.
ireful
1. Feeling or showing extreme anger; such as, "Ireful words."
2. Angry; wrath; furious with anger.
irefully
Description of a situation which shows someone who is full of intense anger; wrathfully.
Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "anger, angry; rage, wrath, fury; rave":
fur-, furi-;
lysso-;
mania-;
rab-, rav-.
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