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infuriated

[v. in-fyoor-ee-eyt; adj. in-fyoor-ee-it] Example Sentences Origin

in·fu·ri·ate

[v. in-fyoor-ee-eyt; adj. in-fyoor-ee-it] verb, -at·ed, -at·ing, adjective
verb (used with object)
1.
to make furious; enrage.
adjective
2.
Archaic. infuriated.

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Infuriated is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
1660–70; < Medieval Latin infuriātus past participle of infuriāre to madden, enrage. See in-2, fury, -ate1

in·fu·ri·ate·ly, adverb
in·fu·ri·a·tion, noun
un·in·fu·ri·at·ed, adjective


1. anger. See enrage.

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  • But there was one aspect of the killing that especially alarmed and infuriated prosecutors.
  • It is easy to mistake the heckler as an adult, one of many mothers in the crowd infuriated by desegregation.
  • The park's rules so infuriated landowners that they barred government officials from entering.
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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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