ire

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
noun belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

From Middle English ire, yre, from Old English īre, ȳre, īr, ȳr, shortened form of īren (“iron”). More at iron.

The Count's ire began to rise. — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
Lear with difficulty restrains his ire. — Tolstoy on Shakespeare: A Critical Essay on Shakespeare, Leo, graf Tolstoy
How Hanumán was seized; their ire When Lanká blazed with hostile fire. — The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, Valmiki

anger, choler

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