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ireful

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English ireful; equivalent to ire + -ful.

  1. Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it; full of ire; angry; wroth.
  2. Threatening to storm, or storming; louring or stormy.

    “... ireful clouds collect in stern array, / And bursting thunders speak the mighty fray;”

    “... ireful crimson sky, as he gropes his broken way home after the trial.”