angering 1 of 2

adjective

as in infuriating

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angering

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verb

present participle of anger
as in enraging
to make angry it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson—she's the most easygoing person I've ever known

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Recent Examples of angering
Verb
After a gig in Brighton, England in December 1981, the Kinks singer smashed a glass against the wall backstage, angering Honeyman-Scott, who wound up punching Davies as a fight ensued. — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026 Rebecca regrets angering Matthijs (Matteo van der Grijn) after putting his daughter in the middle of a heated discussion around the possibility of Matthijs moving to London. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026 Two go-their-own-way Democrats bucked the party on a routine procedural vote, angering colleagues and raising a red flag about potential party divisions to come. — Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 However, Gemini halted withdrawals from its Earn program in November 2022, angering some of its more than 300,000 users. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 Still, in a great credit to their organization, the Kansas City Chiefs stuck by him while others may have immediately cut him to avoid angering the sports media mob. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 On the second day of the Test, Woodfull was hit over the heart by Larwood, angering the 50,000-strong partisan crowd. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026 The combined Academy was first based in New York, but then moved out west — angering the folks in Gotham. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 18 Aug. 2026 Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich faces a fight for political survival in elections in October after angering his fellow West Bank settlers by voting not to punish ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse to serve in the military. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angering
  1. infuriating
  2. enraging
  3. displeasing
  4. outraging
  5. upsetting
  6. annoying
  7. troublesome
  8. burdensome
Adjective
  • Turkish football is a chaotic, infuriating, sometimes horrible but always entertaining place.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • And to me, that is just one of the most infuriating parts of all of this.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of infuriating
Verb
  • There’s a 10-minute monologue in the middle of the movie that few actors could pull off as compellingly, a rant that’s hilarious, enraging, triumphant, and resigned in equal measures.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
  • This is where Najya’s story takes a heartbreaking and enraging turn.
    — Clarence Page, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of enraging
Adjective
  • While certain oils work well together (like lemon and tea tree, sweet orange and cinnamon, peppermint and rosemary), aim to mix only two to three oils when blending to avoid a displeasing or overpowering fragrance.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Nov. 2025
Definition of displeasing
Verb
  • The Hitlerite hordes are murdering and outraging the peaceful inhabitants of our country, having no mercy on women, children or old people.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of outraging
Adjective
  • Now, none of this excuses what Cathy does to poor, sweet, trusting Faye, whom Martha Plimpton plays with a chummy maternal quality that makes her grotesque demise that much more upsetting.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The stakes will be plenty high as well, because the winner of this game will have an early inside track on making it to the Big 12 title game and potentially upsetting Texas Tech en route to a College Football Playoff berth.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of upsetting
Verb
  • Kids in all three countries loved learning dances from TikTok and annoying their siblings.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Of course, this would depend on whether the managers choose to pick their strongest teams in what for some is a meaningless, even annoying extra fixture, for squads who just want to go home.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of annoying
Adjective
  • The heating oil situation is particularly troublesome here for low-to-moderate residents who rely on the Connecticut Energy Assistance Program to keep warm.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Some oil tankers have made their way through the strait, but LNG tankers are a more troublesome target, according to Robin Mills, a non-resident fellow at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy and CEO of Qamar Energy.
    — Lauren Morganbesser, semafor.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of troublesome
Adjective
  • Moreover, even Scalia admitted the amendment process is a burdensome way to incorporate change.
    — Brian Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Other running backs have had careers halted in their mid-to-late 20s because of burdensome or nagging injuries.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of burdensome

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“Angering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angering. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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