enrage

[ en-reyj ]

/ ɛnˈreɪdʒ /

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verb (used with object), en·raged, en·rag·ing.

to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.

Words nearby enrage

enphytotic, enplane, enprint, enquire, enquiry, enrage, enrapt, enrapture, enravish, enregister, enrich

Origin of enrage

From the Middle French word enrager, dating back to 1490–1500. See en-¹, rage

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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ANTONYMS FOR enrage

appease, pacify.

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OTHER WORDS FROM enrage

en·rag·ed·ly

[en-rey-jid-lee, -reyjd-] /ɛnˈreɪ dʒɪd li, -ˈreɪdʒd-/, adverben·rage·ment, noun

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Examples from the Web for enraged

This event, know as “Turn Around Tuesday,” enraged many of the demonstrators, especially the young SNCC activists.
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His waffling on apologizing to Korean women who were sex workers in wartime Japan has enraged many.
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My brothers and sisters in the back seat formed an a cappella choir chanting an enraged “Eileen!”
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Enraged executive producer Judd Apatow shot back at the reporter.
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He was enraged—enraged because, if she would thus receive him whom she did not like, she would certainly thus receive any man.
The Grain Of Dust|David Graham Phillips
He was enraged at her blindness to Pete Cheever's duplicity or her complacency with it.
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"No," fairly shouted the enraged hunter, as they hammered away at each other.
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The Rebels, in hot pursuit, come down to the other bank, mortified and chagrined and enraged at his escape.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
The Judge was enraged at losing his port, and the Mayor was filled with horror because Bill wiped his face on the mayoral hat.
The Magic Pudding|Norman Lindsay

British Dictionary definitions for enraged

enrage

/ (ɪnˈreɪdʒ) /

verb

(tr) to provoke to fury; put into a rage; anger

Derived forms of enrage

enraged, adjectiveenragedly (ɪnˈreɪdʒɪdlɪ), adverbenragement, noun

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enrage

verb (used with object), en·raged, en·rag·ing.

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Origin of enrage

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British Dictionary definitions for enraged

verb

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