verb
infuriate
Infuriate (verb) means to make someone extremely angry.
verb
1
To make someone extremely angry.
"US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan after a one-day visit that has infuriated China."
— Zaheena Rasheed, Pelosi in Taiwan live news: Tsai slams ‘unnecessary’ China drills (2022)
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Etymology
First attested in 1667; borrowed from Medieval Latin infuriātus (“enraged”), perfect passive participle of infuriō (“to enrage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin furia (“rage, fury, frenzy”); perhaps via Italian infuriato.
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What is the meaning of infuriate?
"infuriate" (verb) means to make someone extremely angry.
What is another word for infuriate?
Other words for "infuriate" include incense, exasperate.
What is the opposite of infuriate?
The opposite of "infuriate" is soothe.
