infuriating
[in-fyoo r-ee-ey-ting]
- causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
Origin of infuriating
infuriate
[verb in-fyoo r-ee-eyt; adjective in-fyoo r-ee-it]
- to make furious; enrage.
- Archaic. infuriated.
Origin of infuriate
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. anger. See enrage.
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Examples from the Web for infuriating
Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
And then visions of their happiness passed before his eyes, infuriating him.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
It was infuriating, but there just was nothing that could be done about it.
A Yankee Flier Over BerlinAl Avery
She knew she had lied, but to be told so by this man was infuriating.
The Golden WomanRidgwell Cullum
And his words to the host and hostess began with the infuriating, formal: "I regret—"
The GeniusMargaret Horton Potter
In certain moods the merest contact is as infuriating as a blow.
The Light of ScartheyEgerton Castle
infuriate
- (tr) to anger; annoy
- archaic furious; infuriated
Word Origin
C17: from Medieval Latin infuriāre (vb); see in- ², fury
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Word Origin and History for infuriating
infuriate
v.
1660s, from Italian infuriato, from Medieval Latin infuriatus, past participle of infuriare "to madden," from Latin in furia "in a fury," from ablative of furia (see fury). Related: Infuriated; infuriating; infuriatingly.
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