ire UK /aɪ.ə(ɹ)/US /aɪ.ɚ/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.She lik'd not his desire; Fain would be free but dreadeth parents ire — 1587 •(no longer used) Iron.[…] 'Tell I'm rud as the smith makes the pieces of ire; […] — 1806 verb1 •(rare) To anger, to irritate.It doesn't tire a man to put down a carpet so much as it ires him. — 1880 formsired · iring · ires
