2. indicating anger
edit1. feeling great anger 2 showing or typical of great anger An irate phone call
Periphrastic comparison
editJust as participle endings, the following suffixes forbid the inflective ending: -al (central), -ous, ant (fragant), ard (northward), ate (irate), ect (erect), ent (recent), ese (obese), ful, id (rancid), ite (polite), ive (festive), less, some, ish, ic (basic). JMGN (talk) 11:26, 17 October 2024 (UTC)