infuriating

[ in-fyoor-ee-ey-ting ]

adjective

1. causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening:

   His delay is infuriating.

Other Words From

• in·furi·ating·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of infuriating¹

First recorded in 1880–85; infuriat(e) + -ing ²

Example Sentences

As infuriating as that might be, they’re able to do so because of the United States’s uneven vaccine campaign.

From Vox

Less than a week after work began, the government of Panama suddenly switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, blindsiding–and infuriating–its Washington allies.

From Time

“I can’t tell you how infuriating it is as a parent to see Lululemon open and bars and gyms open and school still closed,” Romo said.

From Washington Post

The mug for a bris, a shiva, a long line at Zabar's, a protracted and infuriating call with your insurance provider.

From Time

This is a somewhat infuriating read, but well worth your time.

From Popular-Science

Their reward: what is possibly the most infuriating series finale of the new millennium.

From The Daily Beast

Those crazy nominations were always infuriating, but also a little fun.

From The Daily Beast

She is a marvelously complicated, funny, infuriating, and in some ways deeply admirable character.

From The Daily Beast

No matter how infuriating this is, it is neither a unique case nor a new phenomenon.

From The Daily Beast

Watching this incompetence is infuriating, and the view security cameras show from inside the mall is horrific.

From The Daily Beast

It is, you may be interested to hear, a dreary and infuriating business.

From Project Gutenberg

He stopped short, drawing himself up and preening in the way that was half infuriating and half pathetic.

From Project Gutenberg

Prices rose and rose—with an infuriating effect upon the wage-earner.

From Project Gutenberg

The shop steward was a goad, annoying, perhaps even infuriating, but tolerable.

From Project Gutenberg

The Japanese are perfectly infuriating to one with a definite object and precious time.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aggravating
• annoying
• exasperating
• frustrating
• troubling