Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: ire
IPA transcription: ['aɪɹ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: wrath, anger, ire, ira
    Meaning: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
  • Synonyms: anger, choler, ire
    Meaning: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
Usage examples
  • Brad-dock looked on him with a gaze of scorn, and spoke to him in a way that roused the ire of Cap-tain Jack.
  • Sometimes Katy would be asleep; sometimes waiting up, ready to melt in the crucible of her ire a little more gold plating from the wrought steel chains of matrimony.