as in angering
to make angry
the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach
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Recent Examples of infuriating
Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Trying to rake the leaves out of the mulch can be more infuriating than a lack of 3-second calls in a Big Ten game.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Because love isn't a formula, but something altogether more infuriating, complicated, confusing, intangible, and magical.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2025
James Maddison Age: 28 Contract expires: 2028 Maddison might be the most infuriating member of Tottenham’s squad.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
Nothing is more infuriating than realizing that the lid does not firmly fit over the container.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Very few things are more infuriating than Wi-Fi that lags mid-stream or puts the freeze on your video call.
—Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2025
David Hambling, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The lack of development from the teams tops prospects has been infuriating.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Birds love the honeysuckle and porcelain vine fruits and have the infuriating tendency to pass them through their system undamaged, and then deposit them in your garden, in tremendous numbers, encased in a nice little fertilizer packet.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
Larry Russell and Marian Brooks Larry Russell (Harry Richardson), eldest son of George and Bertha, had one of the more infuriating arcs of the third season, at least from a viewer's perspectives.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 11 Aug. 2025
Trying to rake the leaves out of the mulch can be more infuriating than a lack of 3-second calls in a Big Ten game.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Because love isn't a formula, but something altogether more infuriating, complicated, confusing, intangible, and magical.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2025
James Maddison Age: 28 Contract expires: 2028 Maddison might be the most infuriating member of Tottenham’s squad.
—Jay Harris, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
Nothing is more infuriating than realizing that the lid does not firmly fit over the container.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Very few things are more infuriating than Wi-Fi that lags mid-stream or puts the freeze on your video call.
—Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Stopping The Scammers But alongside legitimate fundraisers there are many scammers with fake appeals, sucking money away from the frontline and infuriating fighters trying to get money for a new truck or drone jammer.
—David Hambling, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
The lack of development from the teams tops prospects has been infuriating.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Birds love the honeysuckle and porcelain vine fruits and have the infuriating tendency to pass them through their system undamaged, and then deposit them in your garden, in tremendous numbers, encased in a nice little fertilizer packet.
—Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infuriating
Verb
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Or enraging if your name is Marco Silva.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
17 Aug. 2025
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Dougal brought his brother home, enraging Jacob, who couldn’t believe his sons had abandoned the raid.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Darrisaw will be McCarthy's primary blindside blocker, so his missing the game would have been troublesome for the second-year passer.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
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Let’s aim to stick with the straightforward nomenclature of AI psychosis as the proper phrasing and not meander into a plethora of troublesome variations.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In particular, the new logo is the latest in a string of changes angering some of its loyal fans who fear the 56-year-old chain is drifting too far from its bucolic roots.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Starbase, which Texas voters in Cameron County approved in May to become its own town, attracted some controversy in June when commissioners with the city of Starbase voted unanimously to close several of the city’s public streets to outsiders, angering longtime residents and property owners.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Her list continues with small but frustrating oversights.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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But an early lead slipped away by halftime — and eventually turned into a frustrating 2-1 loss for Sporting at Children’s Mercy Park.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Sounders’ defenders swarmed Messi from the first minute, and midfielder Obed Vargas was particularly physical, annoying the Argentine icon time and again.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
1 Sep. 2025
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In fairness, Arsenal seemed to be annoying Liverpool for much of the first hour.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Most importantly, Lee in fact does get punched in the mouth, and other places, early and often, because the series keenly understands how exasperating its hero is much of the time.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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This was bewildering, exhausting, and totally exasperating.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, Agnes is dressed exactly like Wednesday and her Single White Female act is irritating the hell out of her hero.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
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Pesky skeeters are irritating Lake County residents as the number of insects carrying the worrisome West Nile Virus climbs.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Fower-Nicolosi is reliably maddening, at least.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
31 Aug. 2025
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In clear and graceful prose, remarkably free of polemic or cynicism, Mazower soberly describes how and why the politics of anti-Semitism have metastasized in such maddening ways.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Infuriating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infuriating. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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