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

In Hostilities, players anonymously wrote questions intended to embarrass or enrage other players, the more intimate the better.

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But as Marcellino noted on the “High Society” podcast, the men enraged by this discourse aren’t defending their side of the argument too well.

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Whether you are enthralled or enraged by Stokes and co, savour the emotions, because things after this series will probably never be the same again.

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What used to be a gradual drift into extremism has become a rapid slide, driven not by ideology alone but also by algorithms—code written to keep us engaged and enraged.

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These predictions—and still more disturbing ones—both confuse and enrage Oedipus, and lead him to accuse Creon of unseemly ambition and betrayal.

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Related Words

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