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enraged

[en-reyj]

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verb (used with object), -raged, -rag·ing.

to make extremely angry; put into a rage; infuriate: His supercilious attitude enraged me.

Origin:
1490–1500; < Middle French enrager. See en-¹, rage

Related forms

en·rag·ed·ly

[en-rey-jid-lee, -reyjd-] , adverb

en·rage·ment, noun

Synonyms
anger, inflame, madden. Enrage, incense, infuriate imply stirring to violent anger. To enrage or to infuriate is to provoke wrath: They enrage (infuriate) him by their deliberate and continual injustice. To incense is to inflame with indignation or anger: to incense a person by making insulting remarks.

Antonyms
appease, pacify.

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Example Sentences

Giuliani is pushing a daring experiment in labor relations that has enraged the city unions and has rarely been tried elsewhere.

It wouldn't matter if an enraged professor murdered a smart aleck student.

The enraged marchers went on a rampage, setting shops on fire.

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Giuliani is pushing a daring experiment in labor relations that has enraged the city unions and has rarely been tried elsewhere.

It wouldn't matter if an enraged professor murdered a smart aleck student.

The enraged marchers went on a rampage, setting shops on fire.

Hard to be traumatized when angry, or to see ones self as powerless and as a victim when one is enraged.

It's also the enraged anthem of anyone who's had problems with cell phone reception.

When the girl bore a child, they were secretly married, but the teacher was castrated by henchmen of the enraged uncle.

People who survived them told tales of feeling enraged or bursting into tears.

Many of his people were enraged by this apparent humiliation.

Mind you, these individuals are not out-of-control, enraged people.

Needless to say, libertarians were enraged by the comments.

It was only after a desperate struggle between the police and an armed mob of enraged whites that a lynching was prevented.

But being proved right has only enraged them further.

And they're further enraged that now white people are using it as something besides a racial slur.

The enraged mother tells the girl that she was bought from a hooker because the mother could not bear children.

The enraged farmers have vowed to set up self-defence groups to protect their land.

Arrington is especially enraged by journalists who follow in his wake without crediting him.

But the new curriculum has enraged many parents who find that their children cannot multiply easily or understand basic algebra.

It has enraged the pharmaceuticals industry whose prices, largely dictated by government health systems, vary widely across the.

The vengeful brother is even more enraged when he discovers that the neighbor's family has known about the betrayal all along.

Minnesotans seem mildly exasperated by the situation rather than enraged.

They're enraged because they feel their company is not acknowledging their worth.

On leaving, the four were roughly manhandled by some enraged young men who had gathered outside.

Its the stupidity of it all that makes me so enraged.

Justifiably the public is enraged by the privileged position the banks are.

If you're aware of but not enraged by it's shear waste and cruel atrocities then both your heart and soul must surely be dead.

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World English Dictionary

enrage (ɪnˈreɪdʒ)

—vb
	(tr) to provoke to fury; put into a rage; anger

en'raged

—*adj*

enragedly

—*adv*

en'ragement

—n

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Word Origin & History

enrage

late 14c., from O.Fr. enrager, from en- "make, put in" + rage "rabies, rage" (see rage). Related: Enraged; enraging.

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