ire

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   intense anger; wrath

   His careless remark drew the ire of the whole committee.

Simplified etymology

Ire comes from Latin ira, “anger,” and was already in English before 1300. It belongs to the same Latin word family as irritate and irritation.

From Old French ire, from Latin ira 'anger, wrath', ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning to stir, agitate.

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