as in infuriates
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 angers
And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.
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Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Kirk assassination angers and unsettles leaders, residents The assassination of Kirk, which happened in front of hundreds of people and was captured on video and widely circulated on social media, has in particular rattled the nation and drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Silence only angers the other, and exacerbates their criticism and contempt.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Season 2 picks up after Kimmie marries businessman Horace Bellarie, inheriting a new sense of power that angers her in-laws, Netflix said in its release.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
After being told that Dawn is dead, Gaal mocks Demerzel for pretending to grieve, which angers the robot.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Fans have labeled the Longhorns’ quarterback as a Heisman Trophy candidate, which angers his grandfather.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Kirk assassination angers and unsettles leaders, residents The assassination of Kirk, which happened in front of hundreds of people and was captured on video and widely circulated on social media, has in particular rattled the nation and drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Silence only angers the other, and exacerbates their criticism and contempt.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Season 2 picks up after Kimmie marries businessman Horace Bellarie, inheriting a new sense of power that angers her in-laws, Netflix said in its release.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
After being told that Dawn is dead, Gaal mocks Demerzel for pretending to grieve, which angers the robot.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Fans have labeled the Longhorns’ quarterback as a Heisman Trophy candidate, which angers his grandfather.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angers
Verb
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Investigative reporting is bad enough; often what really infuriates him is jokes.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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Elsewhere, the photo of Cartman is a reference to his reaction of Clyde’s incendiary new podcast that has a right wing theme that infuriates the perpetual instigator.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Oct. 2025
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The funniest part to me is that amid this violence — as someone is literally trying to kill him — the thing that enrages Beom-mo the most is when his wife’s top starts to slip down.—
Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ask yourself what annoys you specifically about that behavior, Davis says.—
NPR,
NPR,
28 Oct. 2025
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There are days when my running annoys my wife, my children, or my colleagues.—
Nicholas Thompson,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The group exhausts and irritates opposing pitchers.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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During his appearance on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast alongside his The Roses costar Olivia Colman, the 49-year-old actor opened up about what irritates his family members.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Angers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angers. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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