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ireful

[ahyuhr-fuhl] / ˈaɪər fəl /

ADJECTIVE

furious

Synonyms

WEAK

bent bent out of shape beside oneself boiling browned off bummed out corybantic crazed demented desperate enraged fierce fit to be tied foaming at the mouth frantic frenetic frenzied fuming hacked hopping mad in a towering rage incensed infuriated insane irate irrational livid maddened maniac rabid rage raging smoking steamed unreasonable up in arms vehement vicious violent wrathful

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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

"What poisoning doctor did you send?" he asked, with an ireful glance; "I want no doctor, I am not ill; I will not follow his prescription; he forbade me to eat; I will eat."

From International Weekly Miscellany - Volume 1, No. 8, August 19, 1850 by Various

"What are you here for?" said Miss, Fortune with an ireful face.

From The Wide, Wide World by Susan Warner

"Don't be lying there," said the ireful cook.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by George Yellott

But his ireful restlessness will not allow him to accept this concession.

From Doctor Cupid by Rhoda Broughton

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