Ires

Part of speech: noun, verb

Definitions

1. Displaying intense anger or fury, often in reaction to perceived injustice or insult
2. a strong feeling of indignation or displeasure, typically arising from frustration or disappointment
3. experiencing a surge of wrath or annoyance that can lead to heightened emotional responses

Etymology: The word "ire" is the same as "iron" in disguise. Its Middle English ancestor "yre" was a shortened form of "iren", the Old English word for iron, and the two words parted ways in spelling and meaning. The surprising link is that the metal and the emotion share a root, and how that happened is not something the record explains in detail. The emotion itself has deeper roots. Old English had "yrre" and "ierre", meaning anger or wrath, which passed into Middle English as "irre" and "erre" before the modern form settled. Behind these lie older forms with ideas of rushing and violent motion, reflected in Old Norse "eisa", meaning to race forward, and in Old English "ofost", meaning haste or zeal. The sense of an emotion that drives a person forward is built into the word's history from the start. The "ires" in your request is simply the third-person singular present of the verb, as in "she ires him", so its meaning is the same as that of the noun.

Synonyms: angers, infuriates, enrages, exasperates, annoys

Antonyms: pleases, calms, soothes, delights, comforts