enrage
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Related Words
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.
Other Word Forms
- enraged adjective
- enragedly adverb
- enragement noun
Etymology
Origin of enrage
First recorded in 1490–1500; from Middle French enrager, en- 1, rage
Example Sentences
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His superpower is enraging his opponents to the point that they can’t help but make a mistake out of sheer frustration.
After all, what could enrage reactionaries more than a confident, gender-bending, anti-colonial Puerto Rican performing in Spanish on the country’s most mythologized stage?
From Salon
However, her direct and outspoken approach has also led to controversy, with enraged officials in Honduras once wanting to declare her persona non grata.
From Los Angeles Times
Attorney General Pam Bondi was enraged by the magistrate’s earlier decision not to sign off on the complaint charging Lemon, and Justice Department officials made clear they would try again.
When the young mayor at last emerged, he enraged them by refusing.
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