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

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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The move enraged not only the opposition but also the Brazilian football federation, which responded by suggesting the act was a "provocation to a rival and disrespects the game", one punishable by a yellow card.

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Bellamy says he now often cringes looking back at the enraged footballer, banning his own team from throwing their arms up in disgust as he was so prone to do.

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That caused an enraged Serra coach Scott Altenberg to go on the field and be held back by others.

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But by then his words had already spooked markets, spurring a sharp fall in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and a raft of enraged statements from his political enemies.

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Related Words

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