Meaning of ire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Abbreviation of Ireland (Republic of Ireland).
   abbreviation, alt-of
2. Abbreviation of Irish English.
   abbreviation, alt-of
3. ISO 639-3 language code for Iresim
4. Iron.
   obsolete, uncountable
5. Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
   uncountable
6. Initialism of Institute of Radio Engineers.
   abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
7. Anger; wrath. See Synonyms at anger.
8. Iron
9. intense anger; wrath.
10. Great anger; wrath; keen resentment
11. Ireland.
12. To anger, to irritate
13. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) literary anger; wrath
    literary
14. Violent or unrestrained anger:furor, fury, irateness, rage, wrath, wrathfulness.
15. A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility:anger, choler, indignation, irateness.
16. n (liter) → Zorn m
    n (liter)

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] 'Tell I'm rud as the smith makes the pieces of ire; […]”

“A ire thing, moore smart by haff, / That zeed var off 's za theene 's a laff, / An' zum zes edden' 'xac'ly saff, / Stan's in th' place ee did.”

“to raise the ire of someone”

“She lik'd not his desire; Fain would be free but dreadeth parents ire”

The New Arcadia

“If I digg'd up thy forefathers graves, And hung their rotten coffins up in chains, It could not slake mine ire, nor ease my heart.”

“Or Neptune's ire, or Juno's, that so long Perplex'd the Greek and Cytherea's son.”

“For this th' avenging Pow'r employs his darts; / And empties all his quiver in our hearts; / Thus will perſiſt, relentleſs in his ire, / Till the fair ſlave be render'd to her ſire: [...]”

“News of this notice from the university was picked up by local media and had the effect of raising the ire of some citizens who saw this as an attack on ‘Chinese heritage’, which in turn resulted in a rapid apology from the university[.]”

“Meanwhile, Buffalo was under a driving ban until midnight Thursday because many of its streets were still clogged, preventing people from getting groceries and medication. In predominantly Black parts of the city, like the East Side, many residents still can’t leave their homes. Twelve-foot snow drifts still cover windows.¶ Buffalo’s slow, haphazard plowing and response has also drawn the ire of county leaders.”

“Quite a number of EE urban and rural dialects, educated English speech, IrE, and ScotE cannot be ruled out.”

“Like ScotE, IrE has certain word stress patterns that differ from RP (in -ise verbs, for example), but there are few categorical differences and a great deal of variability.”

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