as in infuriates
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 enrages
This enrages Rebecca, who demands half his new salary, and the pair engage in a battle for control.
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Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
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, 30 Oct. 2025
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
And whether the Carolina Panthers are just stuck in an endless loop of embarrassment, one that alternately humiliates and enrages their fans.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
The episode also takes aim at conservative podcast culture with a storyline involving a fourth grader named Clyde who finds fame as a White nationalist podcaster, which enrages Eric Cartman, who is the show’s resident bigot.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Still, the inclusion of Agnes naturally enrages Enid.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
That deal, which has often led to a massive spending bill known as an omnibus negotiated by House and Senate leaders, enrages conservatives who complain most lawmakers are left out of the process.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 5 Aug. 2025
Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
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, 30 Oct. 2025
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
And whether the Carolina Panthers are just stuck in an endless loop of embarrassment, one that alternately humiliates and enrages their fans.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2025
The episode also takes aim at conservative podcast culture with a storyline involving a fourth grader named Clyde who finds fame as a White nationalist podcaster, which enrages Eric Cartman, who is the show’s resident bigot.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Still, the inclusion of Agnes naturally enrages Enid.
—Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
That deal, which has often led to a massive spending bill known as an omnibus negotiated by House and Senate leaders, enrages conservatives who complain most lawmakers are left out of the process.
—Aris Folley, The Hill, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enrages
Verb
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Unfortunately, Ashur’s idea to achieve this goal infuriates everyone.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
1 Dec. 2025
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Investigative reporting is bad enough; often what really infuriates him is jokes.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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What angers me is thinking about what could have been.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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One of its two young sibling protagonists, Amber (Bianca Belle), channels her feelings about the recent death of her mother into drawings of creatures born out of her troubled imagination, some of whom enact violence against the classmate who annoys her.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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There's just one thing about Claire Danes that annoys Matthew Rhys.—
Yamillah Hurtado,
PEOPLE,
22 Nov. 2025
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