infuriate
Americanverb (used with object)
adjective
verb
adjective
Synonym Usage
See enrage.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of infuriate
First recorded in 1660–70; from Medieval Latin infuriātus, past participle of infuriāre “to madden, enrage.” See in- 2, fury, -ate 1
Explanation
Different things infuriate different people: whatever makes you angry, mad, or ticked off infuriates you. Fury is a word for "anger" that should help with this word: to infuriate is to fill someone with fury, i.e., anger. Unless you're new to the planet, you've probably noticed many things that are infuriating: people talking too loudly on their phones, the cancellation of your favorite TV show, stepping in a puddle, someone stealing from you, stubbing your toe. These annoying events could infuriate anyone. Sometimes you might infuriate someone else by accident. Like it or not, we all infuriate someone sometime.
Vocabulary lists containing infuriate
The Diary of Anne Frank
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Example Sentences
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For years now, the largest volume of hip-hop albums has been sold to white suburban kids who've deposed heavy metal and elevated hip-hop to the crown of Music Most Likely to Infuriate My Parents.
From Time Magazine Archive
III Infuriate she kicked against Imperial fact; Vulnant she felt What pin-stab should have stained Another's pelt Puncture her own Colonial lung-balloon, Volant to nigh meridian.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
But England disdain'd to the Tyrant to bend; Still erect, undismay'd, she was found; Infuriate, he swore that "his bolt should descend," And her temples should fall to the ground.
From Poems by Carr, John, Sir
Infuriate elephants, O king, routing large numbers of steeds, slew them with their tusks or crushed them with great force.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
Infuriate at the mockery, Calcabrina Flying behind him followed close, desirous The other should escape, to have a quarrel.
From Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Complete by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
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