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

Always 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

"I'm not obliged to love you," he says, his eyes glittering coldly with an infuriating lack of passion.

—Lisa Schwarzbaum

He has an infuriating (and admirable) disregard for what people think of him.

—Cynthia Crossen

infuriatingly adverb

an infuriatingly slow process

A true college town can be infuriatingly insular.

—Peter Fish

Examples of infuriating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This façade of Instagram being the cool new way for teens to chat is more infuriating than Nick’s not getting his boyfriend a one-month-anniversary present. —Bella Arnold, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023

Fortunately, no Tesla owners showed up for an infuriating glimpse of these early days of share-and-share-alike. —IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2023

One of the most infuriating problems is that insurance companies are widely ignoring federal law. —Maria Aspan, Fortune, 28 June 2023

The most infuriating part of watching Holmes be treated with the dignity Black folks rarely receive was watching Neely be vilified on the same timeline, knowing that there are no second chances for the countless Black people judged on sight as abnormal. —Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023

The most infuriating — and scariest — thing about the beatdown of Nichols is how rote the brutality seems. —Paul Butler, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023

To my surprise, the final steps were the most infuriating. —New York Times, 25 May 2022

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above