HOW TO PRONOUNCE
ire
/aɪ.ɚ/
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What does ire mean?
noun
- Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
proper noun
- Abbreviation of Ireland (Republic of Ireland).
- Abbreviation of Irish English.
More meanings (3)
noun
- (obsolete) Iron.
verb
- (rare) To anger, to irritate.
proper noun
- (historical) Initialism of Institute of Radio Engineers.
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IPA pronunciation
/aɪ.ɚ/
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He swallowed his ire for the moment, but he afterwards wrote to decline further attendance in the case.
On the day when I was wedded To your admirable sire, I acknowledge that I dreaded An explosion of his ire.
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It was these lines that raised the ire of Byron, who regarded them as an irreverent assault upon his favorite poet, Pope.
Pain, shame, ire, impatience, disgust, detestation, seemed momentarily to hold a quivering conflict in the large pupil dilating under his ebon eyebrow.
He endeavored, in a general way, to express a particular disapproval, and only succeeded in arousing the ire and opposition of his father-in-law.