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feeling or showing anger
an infuriated correspondent who keeps sending increasingly vicious letters
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to make angry
the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach
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Recent Examples of infuriated
Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
The dampening atmospherics and massive right field infuriated sluggers such as Barry Bonds, Jeff Bagwell and Albert Pujols.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
The criminal investigation, which Powell announced this month, shocked and infuriated senators, both Republican and Democratic.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
That decision reportedly infuriated Bondi, who has since taken matters into her own hands.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
The youngster infuriated head coach Hansi Flick by telling the German on Friday morning that a then-unnamed team would activate his paltry $7 million release clause.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
While the communities collected millions to spend on their own residents, the deals infuriated those where the properties were located.
—Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2026
The move has also infuriated Democrats in both chambers of Congress, who have called for ICE to adopt new rules including a ban on face masks, requirements that officers produce warrants before making arrests and to ensure Border Patrol agents remain at the border.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
Raman’s entry into the race, hours before the filing deadline, shocked the city’s political elite and infuriated the mayor’s supporters.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
The dampening atmospherics and massive right field infuriated sluggers such as Barry Bonds, Jeff Bagwell and Albert Pujols.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2026
The criminal investigation, which Powell announced this month, shocked and infuriated senators, both Republican and Democratic.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
That decision reportedly infuriated Bondi, who has since taken matters into her own hands.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
The youngster infuriated head coach Hansi Flick by telling the German on Friday morning that a then-unnamed team would activate his paltry $7 million release clause.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
While the communities collected millions to spend on their own residents, the deals infuriated those where the properties were located.
—Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2026
The move has also infuriated Democrats in both chambers of Congress, who have called for ICE to adopt new rules including a ban on face masks, requirements that officers produce warrants before making arrests and to ensure Border Patrol agents remain at the border.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infuriated
Adjective
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Latinx people of conscience recognize our own tios, tias, primos, primas, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers in the brown faces being livestreamed with blood and agony pouring into enraged mouths asking for help.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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However, her direct and outspoken approach has also led to controversy, with enraged officials in Honduras once wanting to declare her persona non grata.—
Yamlek Mojica Loaisiga,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The decision to free the now 64-year-old Funston on elderly parole angered his victims and the local authorities who put him away more than 25 years ago.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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Brown has been particularly angered by the revelations and has been helping police with their inquiries.—
Pan Pylas,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Colt Gray sent grandmother concerning texts In her testimony, Polhamus reviewed several angry, vulgar text messages from Colt Gray that showed his spiraling mental health and penchant for outbursts.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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When Fiyero chooses to leave with Elphaba, Glinda’s left heartbroken and angry.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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The murder outraged various sectors of the city, and served as a reminder that domestic violence affects all parts of the community — including cops, who usually have to deal with the issue on the other side of the door.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Spikes in the public charges in the recent past have outraged Connecticut consumers who pay the third highest electric rates in the nation, behind Hawaii and California.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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But the sight of a parking meter, especially where there hadn’t been one before, will surely trigger an indignant response.—
Harvey Levine,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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Depictions of such raw humanity have the capacity to shape us into more compassionate community members, more thoughtful voters and more indignant seekers of justice.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In the statement, the zoo said the mother may have thought her baby was annoyed with Punch, which upset her.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
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Dominic Solanke was adjudged to have made a fair challenge on City defender Marc Guehi in the act of scoring Tottenham’s first goal, something that annoyed manager Pep Guardiola and his players.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Some still vividly recall the heavy, thick pall of smoke that drifted through the entire region, fed by furious wildfires to the east and north.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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Both of these rabbis were already furious about the formation of the American Council for Judaism, an anti-Zionist organization that a group of German Jews, including Julian, had founded in 1942.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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For a long time your political cartoons published in the editorial pages have irritated me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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The song, which reclaims a derogatory term for Venezuelan female migrants, was interpreted as defiant and irritated the Venezuelan president, then facing widespread reports of electoral fraud.—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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