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.

Origin of enrage

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

Related formsen·rag·ed·ly

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

Synonyms for enrage

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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.

Antonyms for enrage

appease, pacify.

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Related Words for enraged

angry, infuriated, irate, incensed, exasperated, upset, inflamed, boiling, angered, riled, fuming, aggravated, livid, mad

Examples from the Web for enraged

Contemporary Examples of enraged

This event, know as “Turn Around Tuesday,” enraged many of the demonstrators, especially the young SNCC activists.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’
Gary May
January 2, 2015
News of an opening with Havana has enraged the old guard of Miami that has longed to see the Castro family brought down.
Aging Cuban Exiles And Their Lawmakers Bypassed by White House
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena
December 17, 2014
His waffling on apologizing to Korean women who were sex workers in wartime Japan has enraged many.
How Sexism Could Bring Down Japan’s Government
Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein
June 25, 2014
My brothers and sisters in the back seat formed an a cappella choir chanting an enraged “Eileen!”
‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’
Eileen Cronin
April 8, 2014
Sinatra was enraged at the thought of his soon to be ex-wife “doing the watusi” with his black servant.
The Week in Death: George Jacobs, Sinatra’s Domestic Confidant
The Telegraph
February 23, 2014

Historical Examples of enraged

I was so enraged that she was not there, I wished to cover my face with my handkerchief.
Malbone
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Tories and Peers especially were enraged, and regarded themselves as baffled.
The Grand Old Man
Richard B. Cook
Napoleon flushed with anger, enraged both at the intrusion and the teasing.
The Boy Life of Napoleon
Eugenie Foa
If the words may be coupled, I watched him with an enraged admiration.
In the Valley
Harold Frederic
Finally the sound of a hearty voice, independent and enraged, reached the pair.
Alice Adams
Booth Tarkington

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.