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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These predictions—and still more disturbing ones—both confuse and enrage Oedipus, and lead him to accuse Creon of unseemly ambition and betrayal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025
In exchange for helping to nail Leasure, France got immunity from the D.A.’s office — a deal that would forever enrage detectives on the case.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
The arrival of the USS Ronald Reagan is expected to enrage North Korea, which views the deployment of such a powerful U.S. military asset as a major security threat.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
If he jammed these reforms through, he would enrage people on the streets.
From Slate • Mar. 28, 2023
The name of Saruman seemed specially to enrage him.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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