irate

eye-RAYTadj

Meaning very angry, often loudly so

Memory hook “I RATE it ZERO!”. Rex finds his soup stone cold, turns red and shouts, “I rate this place zero stars!” He is irate.

Usually the calmest man on the street, Mr. Lee was irate when he found his garden trampled.

In context After waiting four hours on the runway with no food or news, the passengers were irate, and several of them shouted at the crew.

Similar furious, enraged, outraged, fuming

Opposite calm, pleased, content

From Latin iratus, “angry,” from ira (anger).

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