different between emotional vs irate

English

Etymology

emotion +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m????n?l/, /??m???n?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??mo???n?l/, /??mo??n?l/, /i?mo???n?l/
• Rhymes: -????n?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

1. Of or relating to the emotions.

   emotional crisis

   emotional lift

2. Characterised by emotion.
3. Determined by emotion rather than reason.

   emotional decision

4. Appealing to or arousing emotion.

   emotional speech

5. Easily affected by emotion.

   She’s an emotional person.

6. Readily displaying emotion.

   emotional greeting

Synonyms

• demonstrative
• effusive
• sentimental
• temperamental

Derived terms

Translations

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

1. emotional

Declension

Related terms

• Emotion

Further reading

• “emotional” in Duden online

English

Etymology

From Latin ?r?tus (“angered, angry”), from irasci (“to be angry”), from ira (“anger, wrath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a???e?t/, /?a??e?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Adjective

irate (comparative irater, superlative iratest)

1. Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

   Synonyms: furious, infuriated, sore; see also Thesaurus:angry

Related terms

Translations

References

• irate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• irate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• irate at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Artie, Tiare, raite, retia, terai

Italian

Adjective

irate f pl

1. feminine plural of irato

Anagrams

• ratei, reati, reità, tiare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i??ra?.te/, [i???ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i?ra.te/, [i????t??]

Adjective

?r?te

1. vocative masculine singular of ?r?tus

References

• irate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press