ire
pronunciation
How to pronounce ire in British English:
UK [ˈaɪə(r)]
How to pronounce ire in American English:
US [aɪr]
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- Noun:
- a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Word Origin
- ire
- ire: see oestrus
- ire (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French ire "anger, wrath, violence" (11c.), from Latin ira "anger, wrath, rage, passion," from PIE root *eis- (1), forming various words denoting "passion" cognates: Greek hieros "filled with the divine, holy," oistros "gadfly," originally "thing causing madness;" Sanskrit esati "drives on," yasati "boils;" Avestan aesma "anger;" Lithuanian aistra "violent passion"). Old English irre in a similar sense is from an adjective irre "wandering, straying, angry," cognate with Old Saxon irri "angry," Old High German irri "wandering, deranged," also "angry;" Gothic airzeis "astray," and Latin errare "wander, go astray, angry" (see err (v.)). (cognates: Avestan aešma- "anger," Lithuanian aistra "violent passion," Latin ira "anger")
Example
- 1. Now it is china that attracts washington 's ire .
- 2. Apple 's updated subscription policy has garnered the ire of publishers and app makers alike ( amazon and its kindle app not excluded ) .
- 3. Here are swords where is the ire ?
- 4. But perhaps the biggest pressure is likely to come from shareholder ire .
- 5. The terms of the european element of the bail-out arouse particular ire .