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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

Example Sentences

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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Wave my lady dear a last farewell, Lamenting who to one and all of us Domestics was a mother, myriad harms She used to ward away from every one, And mollify her husband's ireful mood.

From What Great Men Have Said About Women Ten Cent Pocket Series No. 77 by Haldeman-Julius, Marcet

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

From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan

"Where are you goin', Aaron?" asked the placid Louada Murilla, troubled by his ireful demeanor.

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman

"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

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.