infuriate
verb (used with object)
to make furious; enrage.
was infuriating
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past progressiveof infuriate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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She told the BBC that MI5's conduct after the attack was "infuriating" and made her feel like "we were collateral damage".
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Jennifer Adkins, one of the plaintiffs, said afterward it was infuriating to be dismissed as a “hypothetical.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
To say it was infuriating would be an understatement.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2023
For Chung Sung-hee, 62, the confusing response was infuriating.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2023
It was infuriating to discover the reason for all these terrible disasters and not to be able to tell the public, almost worse than it being the government’s fault after all.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
