Associations to the word «Ire»

Wiktionary

IRE, noun. (Now chiefly dialectal) Iron.
IRE, noun. (literary) (poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.
IRE, verb. (transitive) To anger; to fret; to irritate.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley