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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

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

From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan

At these ireful words, Nathan's eyes began to widen.

From Nick of the Woods by Bird, Robert M.

The lady darted an ireful and piercing look at him, which seemed to produce much the same consequences as those experienced by Jennet, for his visage instantly elongated, and he sank back in a chair.

From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by Ainsworth, William Harrison

When her ireful mood had worn itself away, she got up with the stiffness of the mind's depression intensifying the body's chill, and made her way swiftly toward home.

From Country Neighbors by Brown, Alice

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