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to enrage

to enrage

68 3.7
To make someone very angry
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/
translation icon : enfurecer
  • Her constant interruptions during the meeting began to enrage the speaker.
  • become enraged
  • further enrage
  • so enraged

They are the thing that will enrage Trump the most.

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Examples

  • This enraged him, and he called in the fierce Jackal troops.

  • They are the thing that will enrage Trump the most.

    GQ
  • That the stolen gold would enrage her father so much... That he would come in shooting.

  • It's also what enrages a man like Travis.

  • Just remember no matter how enraged you get, smile through your anger.

  • Even the white guys we were fighting in the yard that day were enraged.

  • But money can also expose and enrage bad traits, greed, right?

  • Then right at that moment comes Donald Trump, and Donald Trump enrages all of the same people they felt like were scolding them.

  • Daniel remembered how enraged he'd felt to be praised by her in this way.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The people of my world had mounted a brave defense, but it had served only to enrage the young general and gave him provocation to take out that anger on the innocent.

Synonyms

to outrage
vsto enrage
143 3.9

Make people feel very angry and shocked

focuses more on pure intense rage without disgust
to anger
vsto enrage
114 1.0

To make someone very upset or annoyed

is stronger causing intense fury rather than mild upset
to infuriate
vsto enrage
46 5.0

Make someone very angry

causes a similar intense furious reaction
to inflame
vsto enrage
31 5.8

To make people's feelings stronger, especially anger or hate

tends to push feelings toward stronger fury rather than calm
to incense
vsto enrage
  • Formal
20 6.1

To make someone very angry

results in comparable extreme fury but less literary
to make one's blood boil
vsto enrage
  • Informal
6 7.0

To cause someone to feel very angry

expresses the same intensity but in informal phrase form
to enflame
vsto enrage
6.4

To make feelings like anger or excitement stronger

focuses on general intensity not specifically causing fury

Antonyms

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

63 3.4

To make someone feel calmer or reduce their pain

How Angry

to infuriate
46 5.0
to enrage
68 3.7
to annoy
246 1.0

Surface Forms

enrage infinitive
enraged past
enraged past participle
enraging present participle
enrages third person singular

Morphology

enrage = rage (transparent) = en + rage

The verb is formed by adding the causative prefix 'en-' to 'rage', giving the clear meaning 'cause to feel rage'.

Etymology

The word enrage comes from the French parts en- meaning 'in' and rage meaning 'anger', and the rage part is the same as the English word rage. So to enrage someone is to put them 'in' great anger, to make them very angry.