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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
Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
Hulu This startling three-part docuseries tells the unfortunate, enraging story of Larry Ray.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
Cramped, about living with debilitating period pain, is funny, educational, and at times enraging.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Paul’s antics are enraging, a bit funny, and a perfect encapsulation of the Chris Paul experience.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
Schumer and nine other Senate Democrats voted to keep the government open back then, enraging Democrats who had wanted to use the pressure point to fight back against the administration.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
Seattle’s defense has made fans think of the glory days when the Legion of Boom was enraging offenses around the league in the early 2010s.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
The film captures every enraging detail of the trial while using it as a jumping off point for an exploration of the history of the region and the ways in which the Chuchagasta have been bureaucratically erased in order to strip them of their property and rights.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
Talking about a movie, good or bad, is free marketing, and Fennell seems to understand better than most that enraging potential ticket-holders is a promotional strategy.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
Hulu This startling three-part docuseries tells the unfortunate, enraging story of Larry Ray.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
Cramped, about living with debilitating period pain, is funny, educational, and at times enraging.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
Paul’s antics are enraging, a bit funny, and a perfect encapsulation of the Chris Paul experience.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2025
Schumer and nine other Senate Democrats voted to keep the government open back then, enraging Democrats who had wanted to use the pressure point to fight back against the administration.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2025
Seattle’s defense has made fans think of the glory days when the Legion of Boom was enraging offenses around the league in the early 2010s.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
As part of these reforms, the Royal Navy impounded dozens of merchant vessels for allegedly evading customs duties, enraging merchants as well as mariners, shipwrights, stevedores, and others in port cities whose livelihoods depended on foreign commerce.
—Time, 9 Oct. 2025
The film captures every enraging detail of the trial while using it as a jumping off point for an exploration of the history of the region and the ways in which the Chuchagasta have been bureaucratically erased in order to strip them of their property and rights.
—Vulture Staff, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for enraging
Adjective
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An infuriating drama about the indifference of power to the individual, Paths of Glory is both a war movie and a courtroom thriller.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Dec. 2025
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Somewhere out there is a woman (possibly a yoga instructor in her 20s from Clapham) who is perfect for this infuriating man child.—
Zing Tsjeng,
Vogue,
26 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Doing so risks angering powerful industries — from agriculture to construction to hospitality — that rely heavily on low-wage immigrant labor.—
Federico Peña,
Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2026
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One big question is whether Apple will fight to claw back its tariffs or eat the costs to avoid angering the president.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
20 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Tourette’s can feel spiteful and searches out the most upsetting tic for me personally and for those around me.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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Both groups reported feeling more stressed after looking at the images, but the group with above average fitness started out with lower levels of anger and anxiety and stayed calmer after seeing the upsetting images.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Sometimes, rage bait can be relatively harmless – a recipe that contains disgusting food combinations or someone annoying their pet, partner or sibling.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
1 Dec. 2025
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But what’s been annoying me even more is that these women should have been trained by producers to start recording on their own cell phones if drama starts to unfold after cameras go down.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2025
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“Enraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraging. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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