US /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/ UK /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/
verb

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to make someone intensely angry

    The unjust verdict served only to enrage the crowd outside.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to make someone intensely... infuriateincenseangermaddenprovokeexasperateinflame
Word family
Derived forms enragedenragement
Related forms rageragingoutrage

Etymology

From Old French enrager ('to be furious'), from en- (causative) + rage, from Latin rabies ('madness, rage'), from rabere ('to rave').

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