English Explanatory Dictionary

infuriate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.
adj
  1. Filled with, characterized by or expressing fury.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/ /ɪnˈfjʊəɹɪət/ en-us-infuriate.ogg

Word forms

infuriate infuriates infuriating infuriated more infuriate most infuriate

Etymology

First attested in 1667; borrowed from Medieval Latin infuriātus (“enraged”), perfect passive participle of infuriō (“to enrage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin furia (“rage, fury, frenzy”); perhaps via Italian infuriato.

Synonyms

enrage madden affront aggravate anger antagonize awrath burn up cheese off cross embitter envenom gall get get to honk off incense inflame infuriate make angry nark offend outrage provoke put out rankle rile piss off roil set off steam tick off get one's back up get someone's dander up get someone's goat get someone's Irish up make someone see red make someone's blood boil put someone's back up raise someone's hackles raise someone's shag rattle someone's cage rub the wrong way ruffle some feathers set up someone's birse enraged furious raging ferocious fierce grim incessive rabid savage volatile wild

Derived words

infuriable infuriated infuriating infuriation infuriator
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