infuriate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt/ UK /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make someone extremely angry

His casual lies never failed to infuriate her.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to make someone extremely... enrage incense anger madden exasperate provoke

Opposites

calm pacify soothe placate

Word family

Derived forms infuriatedinfuriatinginfuriation

Related forms fury furious furor

Etymology

From Medieval Latin infuriatus, past participle of infuriare ('to madden'), from Latin in- (intensive) + furia ('rage, fury'), from furere ('to rage').

infuriare Latin furere Latin

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Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# infuriate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt/

## Meanings
1. to make someone extremely angry

## Examples
- His casual lies never failed to infuriate her.

## Synonyms
- enrage
- incense
- anger
- madden
- exasperate
- provoke

## Antonyms
- calm
- pacify
- soothe
- placate

## Derived Forms
- infuriated
- infuriating
- infuriation

## Related Forms
- fury
- furious
- furor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: infuriare
- Root: furere

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin infuriatus, past participle of infuriare ('to madden'), from Latin in- (intensive) + furia ('rage, fury'), from furere ('to rage').

## AI Etymology
Infuriate is from Medieval Latin infuriatus, past participle of infuriare ('to madden'), from Latin in- (intensive) + furia ('rage, fury'), from furere ('to rage'). Important recorded forms include infuriare (Latin) and furere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to make someone extremely angry. The wider family includes derived forms such as infuriated, infuriating, and infuriation and related words such as fury, furious, and furor.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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