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adjective

as in infuriating

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verb

present participle of enrage
as in angering
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 enraging
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 North Carolina and Bill Belichick got zero, no doubt enraging girlfriend Jordon Hudson. — Greg Cote august 2, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026 Before the agreement was announced, Israeli forces struck in Beirut, enraging Trump, who has publicly expressed his fury with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 15 June 2026 In May 2021, after being elected to Parliament, Ben-Gvir established a makeshift office in a Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem, enraging local residents. — Avi Issacharoff, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026 This is a sad story, an enraging one, a maddening one. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2026 There's really nothing better than firing up a grill and having a nice barbecue, but few things are as enraging as getting ready to cook and realizing something is missing. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 The judge rejected the Suffolk District Attorney’s recommendation of 12 years and cut it in half, enraging prosecutors. — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enraging
  1. infuriating
  2. angering
  3. upsetting
  4. annoying
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
  • 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
Definition of angering
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

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“Enraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraging. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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