ireful

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈaɪərfəl/ UK /ˈaɪəfʊl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
full of anger; wrathful

The ireful king dismissed his advisors with a thunderous wave of his hand.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · full of anger; wrathful angry wrathful furious irate incensedenraged

Opposites

calm placid serene

Word family

Forms irefully

Derived forms irefullyirefulness

Related forms ire irate irascible

Etymology

From ire (from Old French ire, from Latin ira 'anger') plus the suffix -ful 'full of'.

ira Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# ireful

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈaɪərfəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈaɪəfʊl/

## Meanings
1. full of anger; wrathful

## Examples
- The ireful king dismissed his advisors with a thunderous wave of his hand.

## Synonyms
- angry
- wrathful
- furious
- irate
- incensed
- enraged

## Antonyms
- calm
- placid
- serene

## Derived Forms
- irefully
- irefulness

## Related Forms
- ire
- irate
- irascible

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ira

## Etymology
From ire (from Old French ire, from Latin ira 'anger') plus the suffix -ful 'full of'.

## AI Etymology
ireful comes from ire (from Old French ire, from Latin ira 'anger') plus the suffix -ful 'full of'. Morphologically, the ending is part of the etymology: the suffix is attached to the older base named in the history, producing a later English derivative. In present English, the adjective sense is "full of anger; wrathful", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as ire, irate, and irascible, and in derivatives such as irefully and irefulness. Its semantic neighborhood includes angry, wrathful, furious, and irate, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin ira.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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