infuriate
Use Infuriate in a sentencein·fu·ri·ate
[v. in-fyoo
r-ee-eyt; adj. in-fyoor-ee-it] verb, in·fu·ri·at·ed, in·fu·ri·at·ing, adjective verb (used with object)
1.
to make furious; enrage.
adjective
2.
Archaic. infuriated.
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| infuriate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to anger; annoy |
| —adj | |
| 2. | archaic furious; infuriated |
| [C17: from Medieval Latin infuriāre (vb); see | |
| in'furiately | |
| —adv | |
| in'furiating | |
| —adj | |
| in'furiatingly | |
| —adv | |
| infuri'ation | |
| —n | |
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Infuriate
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Word Origin & History
infuriate
1667, from It. infuriato, from M.L. infuriatus, pp. of infuriare "to madden," from L. in furia "in a fury," from abl. of furia (see fury).
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Example sentences
Straightforward and readable, it is a book that will undoubtedly infuriate many experts with its elisions and oversimplifications.
Such claims infuriate researchers because scientific proof that commercial shark cartilage works against cancer is lacking.
Because of this, they infuriate unions and law-abiding mining companies.
No question is more likely to infuriate or simply leave a scientist nonplussed.
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