ireful

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

ireful (comparative more ireful, superlative most ireful)

  1. Deeply angered but not outwardly displaying it; full of ire; angry; wroth.
  2. (of clouds, the sky, etc) Threatening to storm, or storming; louring or stormy.
    • 1845, Charles Hood, Gonzalvo, Or, The Fall of Grenada, page 30:
      ... ireful clouds collect in stern array, / And bursting thunders speak the mighty fray;
    • 1921, Paul Green, The Drama Magazine ..., page 91:
      ... ireful crimson sky, as he gropes his broken way home after the trial.
    • 2012 August 15, John Herbert Roper, Sr., The Magnificent Mays: A Biography of Benjamin Elijah Mays, Univ of South Carolina Press, →ISBN:
      ... ireful clouds, as foreboding a day for starting a mission as Bennie and Sadie Mays could recall—and the weather became a nagging portent that lingered in their minds during a warm reception filled with hope and promises.
    • 2013 February 20, H.O. Charles, Blazed Union (Volume 4 of The Fireblade Array), H. O. Charles:
      ... ireful clouds seemed to sink heavily toward the town. It wasn't supposed to rain here, and yet the sand beneath his feet was as soaked as any shoreline.

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