enrage

[en-reyj]

verb (used with object)

enraged, enraging 

1. to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate.

   His supercilious attitude enraged me.

   Synonyms: madden, inflame, anger
   Antonyms: pacify, appease

enrage

/ ɪnˈreɪdʒɪdlɪ, ɪnˈreɪdʒ /

verb

1. (tr) to provoke to fury; put into a rage; anger

Other Word Forms

• enragedly adverb
• enragement noun
• enraged adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of enrage¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; from Middle French enrager, en- ¹, rage

Synonym Study

Enrage, incense, infuriate imply stirring to violent anger. To enrage or to infuriate is to provoke wrath: They enrage ( infuriate ) him by their deliberate and continual injustice. To incense is to inflame with indignation or anger: to incense a person by making insulting remarks.

Example Sentences

His implication was that New York, dominated by bigots, is a city enraged and polarized.

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Witnesses told police Hoy appeared enraged at a parking lot intersection, yelling at the driver of a Chevrolet Equinox.

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On live television, enraged motorists responded by getting into physical altercations with demonstrators.

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The fans were enraged, They now saw him as akin to a martyr who might be carried out on his shield because his directors wouldn't back his vision to bring success.

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Here is that line after I nudged each word’s vector toward the vector for “angry”: “Prompting off angry angered / Angry vegetables fermented, angry bitter flesh prompting enraged sour.”

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Related Words

• anger 
• exasperate 
• incense 
• inflame 
• infuriate 
• irritate 
• provoke 
• rile