Synonyms for ire
aɪərire

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1. ire

   Displeasure is the mildest and most general word. Choler and ire, now rare except in poetic or highly rhetorical language, denote a still, and the latter a persistent, anger. Temper used alone in the sense of anger is colloquial, tho we may correctly say a hot temper, a fiery temper, etc. Passion, tho a word of far wider application, may, in the singular, be employed to denote anger; "did put me in a towering passion," Shakespeare Hamlet act v, sc. 2. Anger is violent and vindictive emotion, which is sharp, sudden, and, like all violent passions, necessarily brief. Resentment (a feeling back or feeling over again) is persistent, the bitter brooding over injuries. Exasperation, a roughening, is a hot, superficial intensity of anger, demanding instant expression. Rage drives one beyond the bounds of prudence or discretion; fury is stronger yet, and sweeps one away into uncontrollable violence. Anger is personal and usually selfish, aroused by real or supposed wrong to oneself, and directed specifically and intensely against the person who is viewed as blameworthy. Indignation is impersonal and unselfish displeasure at unworthy acts (Latin indigna), i. e., at wrong as wrong. Pure indignation is not followed by regret, and needs no repentance; it is also more self-controlled than anger. Anger is commonly a sin; indignation is often a duty. Wrath is deep and perhaps vengeful displeasure, as when the people of Nazareth were "filled with wrath" at the plain words of Jesus (Luke iv, 28); it may, however, simply express the culmination of righteous indignation without malice in a pure being; as, the wrath of God. Impatience, fretfulness, irritation, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, and vexation express the slighter forms of anger. Irritation, petulance, and vexation are temporary and for immediate cause. Fretfulness, pettishness, and peevishness are chronic states finding in any petty matter an occasion for their exercise. Compare ACRIMONY; ENMITY; HATRED.

   Synonyms:
   anger, animosity, choler, displeasure, exasperation, fretfulness, fury, impatience, indignation, irritation, offense, passion, peevishness, pettishness, petulance, rage, resentment, temper, vexation, wrath

   Antonyms:
   amiability, charity, forbearance, gentleness, leniency, lenity, long-suffering, love, mildness, patience, peace, peaceableness, peacefulness, self-control, self-restraint

   Preposition:
   Anger at the insult prompted the reply. Anger toward the offender exaggerates the offense.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anger, choler, irenoun

   a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance

   Synonyms:
   ira, irritability, yellow bile, angriness, choler, petulance, wrath, crossness, fretfulness, peevishness, anger, fussiness

2. wrath, anger, ire, iranoun

   belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

   Synonyms:
   angriness, individual retirement account, choler, anger, wrath, ira

Matched Categories

1. • Emotion
   • Mortal Sin

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. irenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Poetical.] wrath, anger, rage, fury, choler, indignation, resentment, passion, exasperation

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "ire":

   irl, kgz, kwt, anger, wrath, irishman, 1st

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1. Christopher Wray:

   We've seen China looking for ways to insulate their economy against potential sanctions, trying to cushion themselves from harm if they do anything to draw the ire of the international community, in our world, we call that kind of behavior a clue.

2. Hillary Clinton:

   There are those who ofter themselves as leaders who would deport mothers working to give their children a better life rather than risk the ire of talk radio.

3. Erik Meyersson:

   The likely target here is instead the HDP. By striking hard at the PKK, the Turkish government is pressuring the HDP to pick a side, either it denounces PKK to end violence, risking political blowback among its Kurdish base, or it adopts a more pro-Kurdish rhetoric, risking the ire of the Turkish public as well as the judiciary, which has a long history of banning Kurdish parties and politicians.

4. Mark Sargent:

   Most of our ire is pointed towards NASA. That's our bread and butter.

5. Benjamin Cavender:

   There is a lesson here, companies that sell limited run products and have an ecommerce presence in China need to be able to adjust very, very quickly to consumer demand... otherwise they can quickly raise consumer ire.