ireful

[ahyuhr-fuhl] / ˈaɪər fəl /

ADJECTIVE

furious

Synonyms

WEAK

bent bent out of shape beside oneself boiling browned off bummed out corybantic crazed demented desperate enraged fierce fit to be tied foaming at the mouth frantic frenetic frenzied fuming hacked hopping mad in a towering rage incensed infuriated insane irate irrational livid maddened maniac rabid rage raging smoking steamed unreasonable up in arms vehement vicious violent wrathful

Example Sentences

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It makes me ireful to think o’ them.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Thus ireful Cybebe spoke and loosed the yoke with her hand.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

“There you have it, John,” he snarled, more ireful as a champion than the unhappy principal.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

He did not give back a step before her ireful figure.

From Counsel for the Defense by Chapman, Charles M.

"What are you here for?" said Miss Fortune, with an ireful face.

From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan