different between fiery vs irate

English

Etymology

From Middle English firi, from fir (“fire”). Equivalent to fire +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa???i/
• Rhymes: -a??ri

Adjective

fiery (comparative more fiery or fierier, superlative most fiery or fieriest)

1. Of or relating to fire.
2. Burning or glowing.
3. Inflammable or easily ignited.
4. Having the colour of fire.
5. Hot or inflamed.
6. Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.

7. Spirited or filled with emotion.

Derived terms

• fiery cross

Translations

Anagrams

• firey, reify

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