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—infuriately, adv. —infuriation, n.v.t.1. to make furious; enrage.adj.2. Archaic. infuriated.[1660-70; < ML infuriatus ptp. of infuriare to madden, enrage. See IN-2, FURY, -ATE1]
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Infuriate — In*fu ri*ate, a. [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare. See {Infuriate}, v. t.] Enraged; raging; furiously angry; infuriated. Milton. [1913 Webster] Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath. Thomson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Infuriate — In*fu ri*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infuriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infuriating}] [It. infuriato, p. p. of infuriare; pref. in (L. in) + furia fury, L. furia. See {Fury}.] To render furious; to enrage; to exasperate. [1913 Webster] Those curls of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
infuriate — index aggravate (annoy), bait (harass), discompose, exacerbate, harass, incense, irritate … Law dictionary
infuriate — (v.) 1660s, from It. infuriato, from M.L. infuriatus, pp. of infuriare to madden, from L. in furia in a fury, from ablative of furia (see FURY (Cf. fury)). Related: Infuriated; infuriating; infuriatingly … Etymology dictionary
infuriate — enrage, incense, *anger, madden Analogous words: provoke, rile, exasperate, aggravate (see IRRITATE): outrage, insult, affront, *offend … New Dictionary of Synonyms
infuriate — [v] make angry aggravate, anger, enrage, exasperate, incense, ire, irritate, madden, make blood boil*, provoke, rile, T off*, umbrage; concept 14 Ant. make happy, please … New thesaurus
infuriate — ► VERB ▪ make irritated or angry. DERIVATIVES infuriating adjective. ORIGIN Latin infuriare … English terms dictionary
infuriate — [in fyoor′ē āt΄; ] for adj. [, in fyoor′ēit, in fyoor′ēāt΄] vt. infuriated, infuriating [< ML infuriatus, pp. of infuriare, to enrage < L in , in + furiare, to enrage < furia, rage, FURY] to cause to become very angry; enrage adj.… … English World dictionary
infuriate — UK [ɪnˈfjʊərɪeɪt] / US [ɪnˈfjʊrɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms infuriate : present tense I/you/we/they infuriate he/she/it infuriates present participle infuriating past tense infuriated past participle infuriated to make someone extremely… … English dictionary
infuriate — verb the governor s veto is likely to infuriate child care providers statewide Syn: enrage, incense, anger, inflame; exasperate, antagonize, provoke, rile, annoy, irritate, aggravate, madden, nettle, gall, irk, vex, get on someone s nerves, try… … Thesaurus of popular words
infuriate — I. transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Medieval Latin infuriatus, past participle of infuriare, from Latin in + furia fury Date: 1667 to make furious • infuriatingly adverb • infuriation noun II … New Collegiate Dictionary
