enrage

[en-reyj]

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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.

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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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Related formsen·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

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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.
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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.
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British Dictionary definitions for enraged

enrage

verb

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

Derived Formsenraged, adjectiveenragedly (ɪnˈreɪdʒɪdlɪ), adverbenragement, noun

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Word Origin and History for enraged

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.

enrage

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

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