infuriate

[ verb in-fyoor-ee-eyt; adjective in-fyoor-ee-it ]

verb (used with object)

, in·fu·ri·at·ed, in·fu·ri·at·ing.

1. to make furious; enrage.

   Synonyms: anger

adjective

1. Archaic. infuriated.

infuriate

verb

1. tr to anger; annoy

adjective

1. archaic.
   furious; infuriated

Derived Forms

• inˈfuriatingly, adverb
• inˈfuriˌating, adjective
• inˈfuriately, adverb
• inˌfuriˈation, noun

Other Words From

• in·furi·ate·ly adverb
• in·furi·ation noun
• unin·furi·ated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of infuriate¹

First recorded in 1660–70; from Medieval Latin infuriātus, past participle of infuriāre “to madden, enrage.” See in- ², fury, -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of infuriate¹

C17: from Medieval Latin infuriāre (vb); see in- ², fury

Synonym Study

See enrage.

Example Sentences

That infuriates her, she said, because it downplays what is happening.

From ProPublica

The difference between Maine and New York City is an elections board that has infuriated candidates for years.

From Washington Post

Static ads that fill a page or videos that slow down performance will infuriate users and lead to a high bounce rate.

From Search Engine Watch

That’s when she put out her most sugary pop record, an album so slick that it both blasted up the charts and infuriated the indie rock kids who had once worshiped her.

From Washington Post

Roberts’s status as a key swing vote was solidified by the 2012 decision he wrote upholding the Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality, in which the individual care mandate was preserved as a tax, a decision that infuriated conservatives.

From Washington Post

The comments will infuriate the pro-independence Yes Campaign.

From The Daily Beast

What do you call a long-winded member of Congress whose opinions infuriate you?

From The Daily Beast

The decision is bound to infuriate those who claim Thatcher was a force for ill in the UK.

From The Daily Beast

Yes, he will then enact some policies that infuriate liberals.

From The Daily Beast

The intimate pictures are bound to infuriate William, who is fighting a losing battle to protect the privacy of himself and Kate.

From The Daily Beast

Thank Heaven, that the days of such infuriate zeal are over: but Heaven forbid that we should pass to the other extreme.

From Project Gutenberg

It would infuriate the Judge to sentence those buzzards to the hoosegow for life.

From Project Gutenberg

No relenting on the part of the Rebels, but savage, infuriate joy at the sight of the warm heart's blood of their victims!

From Project Gutenberg

In this manner he sought to infuriate Frank and lead him to some act of rashness.

From Project Gutenberg

Themselves hemmed in by the fierce crowd, now infuriate in its growing blood-lust, their own lives hung upon no more than a hair.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aggravate
• anger
• enrage
• exasperate
• incense
• irritate
• provoke
• rile