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Synonyms: Noun
anger, angriness, birse [chiefly Scottish], choler, furor, fury, indignation, irateness, lividity, lividness, mad, madness, mood [archaic], outrage, rage, spleen, wrath, wrathfulness
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of ire in a Sentence
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He directed his ire at the coworkers who reported the incident. the patronizing comment from the snooty waiter roused her ireRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Often, the person who speaks against the city of feeling, against New Orleans, becomes the focus of ire, rather than the dysfunction. — Sarah M. Broom, The New Yorker, "Who Stays Gone, and Who Can Afford to Return," 12 Aug. 2019 Oliver’s real ire, though, was reserved for the for-profit companies that make money off prisoners. — Melissa Locker, Time, "John Oliver Goes to Work for Prison Labor Reform on Last Week Tonight," 5 Aug. 2019 However misdirected the current ire, the multilateral system for restraining currency manipulation is indeed toothless. — The Economist, "America considers retaliating against currency manipulation," 27 July 2019 That has drawn the ire of florists who take pride in regulating their profession – by weeding out people who know little about floral arrangements. — Willie James Inman, Fox News, "Effort to eliminate florist licenses in Louisiana becomes a thorny issue," 8 May 2018 At a routine meeting of an Oregon legislative subcommittee, Sen. Betsy Johnson unleashed the ire she's fostered for six years over the State Library's performance. — Molly Harbarger, OregonLive.com, "Puzzling ouster of Oregon's state librarian follows 1 senator's outrage," 17 Mar. 2018 Worldwide Primates, a controversial South Florida company that imports monkeys for biomedical research, has long attracted the ire of animal-rights protesters. — David Ovalle, miamiherald, "In battle with animal rights activists, he sent letter filled with white powder. To himself. | Miami Herald," 9 Mar. 2018 Earlier this summer, American Airlines caught the ire of travelers with a plan to cut legroom from 31 inches to as low as 29 inches on their upcoming Boeing 737 MAX jets. — Cynthia Drescher, CNT, "These Airlines Have the Most Legroom," 5 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ire.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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