infuriating

[in-fyoor-ee-ey-ting]

adjective

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

   His delay is infuriating.

Other Word Forms

• infuriatingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of infuriating¹

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

Example Sentences

At one point, Robinhood temporarily restricted trading of such “meme stocks,” infuriating users who said they lost money.

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“How infuriating!” she cried to no one in particular.

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He was a loser who needed sobriety badly, and I enabled his addiction behaviors; it was exhausting and infuriating for them to deal with it all.

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“It’s actually infuriating people because people know what they’re paying at the grocery store,” she said, while urging Republicans to “show we are in the trenches with them” rather than denying their experience.

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“It’s actually infuriating people because people know what they’re paying at the grocery store,” she said.

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• aggravating 
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