ire
noun
1. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
Similar word(s): anger, choler
Definition categories: feeling, emotion
2. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Similar word(s): anger, ira, wrath
Definition categories: act
Sentences with ire as a noun:
- The cruel ire, red as any gleed. — Chaucer.
verb
1. (transitive) To anger; to fret; to irritate.