enrage
[ en-reyj ]
/ ɛnˈreɪdʒ /
verb (used with object), en·raged, en·rag·ing.
to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.
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SYNONYMS FOR enrage
anger, inflame, madden. 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.
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enrage
/ (ɪnˈreɪdʒ) /
verb
(tr) to provoke to fury; put into a rage; anger
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enrage
late 14c. (implied in enraged), from Old French enragier "go wild, go mad, lose one's senses," from en- "make, put in" (see en- (1)) + rage "rabies, rage" (see rage (n.)). Related: Enraging. Intransitive only in Old French; transitive sense is oldest in English.
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