as in to infuriate
to make angry
the fact that the auto garage bungled the repair and then overcharged him simply enraged the customer
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Recent Examples of enrage
Most of us are simply not used to being this frequently upset, enraged, infuriated, or just plain disgusted by public occurrences.
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
This enrages Rebecca, who demands half his new salary, and the pair engage in a battle for control.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
But Shrimp Jesus and synthetic videos of ICE agents arresting people are meant to confuse or enrage users, along with all the other clickbait clogging social platforms.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
In the 1980s, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer’s proposal to crown the museum by topping it with a 23-story postmodern ziggurat condo tower enraged Upper West Side neighbors.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
This enrages Rebecca, who demands half his new salary, and the pair engage in a battle for control.
—Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
But Shrimp Jesus and synthetic videos of ICE agents arresting people are meant to confuse or enrage users, along with all the other clickbait clogging social platforms.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
In the 1980s, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer’s proposal to crown the museum by topping it with a 23-story postmodern ziggurat condo tower enraged Upper West Side neighbors.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enrage
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The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.—
Brian Niemietz,
Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Trump’s blunt warnings have infuriated the country’s leaders, who have since doubled down on crushing the protests.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
7 Jan. 2026
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With an economy that is persistently reliant on crude, pursuing policies that raise energy costs risks angering constituents.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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The board instead approved a resolution to reexamine current campus spaces, angering some parents.—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
7 Jan. 2026
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She’d been awakened by their puppy, and had been annoyed at Ryan, who hadn’t gotten up early with the dog like he was supposed to.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Kelce was evaluated for a concussion in the locker room, and he was annoyed at having to answer the questions that are part of the test.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Enrage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enrage. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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