| 单词 | ire |
| 释义 | ire (once / 2189 pages) n Ire is another word for "anger." So if you routinely steal your neighbor's newspaper, don't be surprised to be on the receiving end of his ire. Ire comes almost directly from the Latin word for anger, ira. While it means pretty much the same thing, ire usually stems from a specific grievance, rather than just general irritation with the world. And if you provoke someone's ire, you're probably going to feel their wrath. Shakespeare used both ire and anger in one famous sentence from his play "Pericles": "Yet cease your ire, you angry stars of heaven!" WORD FAMILYire: ireful, ires+/ireful: irefully USAGE EXAMPLESThe gas tax effort failed, earning the ire of the state chamber. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But Mr. Netanyahu is also a focus of international ire because of the cumulative effect of decades of settlement growth. New York Times(Mar 12, 2015) The decision by Capt. Rahmani to seek asylum is emblematic of the limitations of those efforts, which drew the ire of extremists, including Taliban insurgents. Wall Street Journal(Dec 24, 2016) 1n a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance Syn|Hypo|Hyper anger, choler fury, madness, rage a feeling of intense anger enragement, infuriationa feeling of intense anger offence, offense, umbragea feeling of anger caused by being offended indignation, outragea feeling of righteous anger huffinessa passing state of anger and resentment dander, hacklesa feeling of anger and animosity bad temper, ill tempera persisting angry mood annoyance, chafe, vexationanger produced by some annoying irritation dudgeon, high dudgeona feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon') wrathintense anger (usually on an epic scale) lividitya state of fury so great the face becomes discolored irritation, pique, tempera sudden outburst of anger frustrationa feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized aggravation, exasperationan exasperated feeling of annoyance harassment, tormenta feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented displeasurethe feeling of being displeased or annoyed or dissatisfied with someone or something irascibility, quick temper, short temper, spleena feeling of resentful anger conniption, fit, scene, tantruma display of bad temper emotion any strong feeling 2n belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins) Syn|Hyper anger, ira, wrath deadly sin, mortal sin an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace |
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