Bad thing to invoke

The answer

IRE

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the IRE answer page.

Used 6 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 2004. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for IRE

Every other clue in this collection answered by IRE, most used first.

• Anger - used 868 times, most recently in 2026
• Wrath - used 729 times, most recently in 2026
• Fury - used 505 times, most recently in 2026
• Rage - used 460 times, most recently in 2026
• Choler - used 218 times, most recently in 2026
• Dander - used 157 times, most recently in 2024
• Intense anger - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot temper - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• High dudgeon - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Indignation - used 95 times, most recently in 2026
• Ill temper - used 89 times, most recently in 2026
• Spleen - used 88 times, most recently in 2025
• Hot blood - used 82 times, most recently in 2026
• Outrage - used 74 times, most recently in 2026
• Pique - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious feeling - used 63 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry feeling - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Vexation - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Infuriation - used 43 times, most recently in 2022
• Red state - used 40 times, most recently in 2026
• Extreme anger - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Tick off - used 37 times, most recently in 2017
• Dudgeon - used 36 times, most recently in 2021
• Steamed state - used 35 times, most recently in 2024
• Fuming feeling - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Great anger - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Pique condition? - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Resentment - used 28 times, most recently in 2026
• Boiling blood - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Angry state - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Umbrage - used 26 times, most recently in 2018
• Feeling of rage - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Hothead's emotion - used 24 times, most recently in 2019
• Incense - used 24 times, most recently in 2017
• Feeling of fury - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Deep anger - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot state - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Blood pressure raiser - used 16 times, most recently in 2020
• Fiery feeling - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Madness - used 16 times, most recently in 2022
• Bad temper - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Furious state - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Hot feeling - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Exasperation - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Steam - used 14 times, most recently in 2023
• Anger or fury - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• Burning sensation? - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Seething state - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Embitterment - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• State of rage - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Temper - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Boiling state - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Infuriate - used 11 times, most recently in 2015
• More than vexation - used 11 times, most recently in 2016
• Strong emotion - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
• Angry emotion - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Burn up - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Burning anger - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Feeling of anger - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Furor - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• U.K. neighbor - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
• Vex - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
• Acrimony - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Blind rage - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Burning feeling - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Intense rage - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• More than displeasure - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Wrathful emotion - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Cause of an explosion - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Displeasure - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Emotion of the miffed - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Enraged feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Eur. nation - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Fit-to-be-tied feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Foul temper - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Furiousness - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Heated state - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Pique experience - used 7 times, most recently in 2014
• Provoke - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Seething feeling - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Anger or wrath - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Annoyance - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Bile - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Eng. neighbor - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Fighting mood - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Hostility - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Hot reaction - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It makes one hot - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• It's past displeasure - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Livid state - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Make angry - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Rage relative - used 6 times, most recently in 2013
• Soreness? - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Ticked-off feeling - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

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• Legal thing - RES, used 145 times
• Do the wrong thing - ERR, used 81 times
• Bad-mouth - DIS, used 80 times
• "Sure thing!" - YES, used 80 times
• Turn bad - ROT, used 71 times

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