Scholars drunk, incredibly irate (8)
I believe the answer is:
literati
'scholars' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'drunk incredibly irate' is the wordplay.
'drunk' becomes 'lit' (I've seen this in another clue).
'incredibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'irate' is an anagram of 'erati'.
'lit'+'erati'='LITERATI'
(Other definitions for literati that I've seen before include "scholars" , "Learned people, men of letters" , "Men and women of letters" , "Educated book readers" , "The well-read intelligentsia" .)