infuriating
adjective
in·fu·ri·at·ing
in-ˈfyu̇r-ē-ˌā-tiŋ 
: causing feelings of extreme anger
an infuriating delay
infuriating arrogance
Oakes was entitled to a certain amount of gloating, but there could be no doubt that his way of telling a story was downright infuriating.—
P. G. Wodehouse
P. G. WodehouseAlways provocative, sometimes infuriating, this collection reminds us that the purpose of art is not to confirm and coddle but to provoke and confront.—Jill Nelson
Jill Nelson"I'm not obliged to love you," he says, his eyes glittering coldly with an infuriating lack of passion.—Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa SchwarzbaumHe has an infuriating (and admirable) disregard for what people think of him.—Cynthia Crossen
Cynthia Crossen
infuriatingly
adverb
an infuriatingly slow process
A true college town can be infuriatingly insular.
—Peter Fish
Peter Fish
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2025
James Maddison Age: 28 Contract expires: 2028 Maddison might be the most infuriating member of Tottenham’s squad.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
Nothing is more infuriating than realizing that the lid does not firmly fit over the container.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Very few things are more infuriating than Wi-Fi that lags mid-stream or puts the freeze on your video call.
—Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2025
That sounds like an infuriating way to look at a painting.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
The process becomes even more infuriating when life-threatening illness lurks in the background.
—Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Spotify For some of us, few things are more infuriating than a gadget that stops working due to a software change.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Infuriating.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infuriating. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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