ire, more frequent in literary contexts, suggests an intense anger, often with an evident display of feeling.

The authors also direct their ire to 'world music', suggesting it has become a narrow genre specifically because of this idea of novelty and 'purity'.

Definition of ire noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

His ire was reserved for the snipers and gossips on social media, a platform for which he has complete contempt.

IRE definition: intense anger; wrath. See examples of ire used in a sentence.

ire, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

Ire comes almost directly from the Latin word for anger, ira. While it means pretty much the same thing, ire usually stems from a specific grievance, rather than just general irritation with the …

To anger; to fret; to irritate.

He directed his ire at the coworkers who reported the incident. The proposal has raised/roused/provoked the ire of environmentalists. [=has made environmentalists angry]

Ireland[b] is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially named Ireland – a sovereign state …