Synonyms of enrage

enrage

verb

in-ˈrāj 

as in to infuriate

to make angry

the fact that the auto garage bungled the repair and then overcharged him simply enraged the customer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriate
• anger
• annoy
• outrage
• irritate
• rile
• mad
• inflame
• offend
• rankle
• ire
• roil
• aggravate
• provoke
• madden
• steam up
• incense
• tick off
• exasperate
• rub the wrong way
• vex
• affront
• antagonize
• ruffle
• pique
• burn (up)
• peeve
• cross
• embitter
• get one's goat
• huff
• put out
• get
• nettle
• miff
• envenom

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• delight
• gratify
• relieve
• allay
• assuage
• soothe
• appease
• placate
• comfort
• pacify
• console
• conciliate
• calm
• settle
• mollify
• quiet
• disarm
• charm
• lull
• captivate
• beguile
• enchant
• bewitch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enrage

The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

North Carolina and Bill Belichick got zero, no doubt enraging girlfriend Jordon Hudson. — Greg Cote august 2, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026

Fauci pleaded the Fifth a number of times, which appears to have enraged a lot of people. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026

The only reliable way to reach mainstream or even moderate recognition against all the noise is to either carpet-bomb social media with clips or to enrage wide swaths of the public. — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 30 July 2026