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

She left the bower; and as he stept To and fro in ireful mood, A stranger from the chamber came, And close behind him stood.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various

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

From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan

With an awful air, Mrs. Pimble folded her arms and looked down upon her husband, who cringed away before her ireful presence, and said, "Susey dropped the waiter."

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie

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

From Nick of the Woods by Bird, Robert M.

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