Synonyms of infuriating

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verb (1)

in-ˈfyu̇r-ē-ˌāt 

as in to enrage

to make angry

the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enrage
• anger
• annoy
• irritate
• outrage
• offend
• rile
• mad
• enflame
• inflame
• rankle
• aggravate
• ire
• provoke
• roil
• madden
• exasperate
• steam up
• incense
• tick off
• rub the wrong way
• vex
• affront
• pique
• antagonize
• burn (up)
• miff
• ruffle
• cross
• get
• peeve
• embitter
• get one's goat
• huff
• put out
• nettle
• envenom

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• please
• delight
• gratify
• relieve
• allay
• assuage
• soothe
• appease
• placate
• comfort
• pacify
• console
• conciliate
• calm
• settle
• mollify
• charm
• quiet
• disarm
• lull
• beguile
• captivate
• bewitch
• enchant

infuriate

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adjective (1)

in-ˈfyu̇r-ē-ət 

as in infuriated

feeling or showing anger

Casanova made a hasty retreat from the woman's bedroom, with the infuriate husband in hot pursuit

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriated
• angry
• enraged
• angered
• outraged
• indignant
• mad
• furious
• ballistic
• rabid
• annoyed
• irate
• riled
• passionate
• incensed
• sore
• apoplectic
• irritable
• fuming
• inflamed
• livid
• wrathful
• in a huff
• hot under the collar
• ireful
• hot
• blue in the face
• rankled
• steaming
• hopping mad
• fit to be tied
• bent out of shape
• exasperated
• choleric
• aggravated
• enflamed
• in a pet
• foaming
• in a fume
• wroth
• roiled
• ticked
• going crook
• cheesed off
• shirty
• horn-mad
• hopping
• steamed up
• embittered
• seething
• vindictive
• unpleasant
• spiteful
• cross
• antagonistic
• resentful
• vengeful
• boiling
• riley
• teed off
• malevolent
• inimical
• bristling
• ranting
• disagreeable
• virulent
• worked up
• sizzling
• antipathetic
• vitriolic
• acrimonious
• wrought (up)
• smoldering
• petulant
• burning
• rancorous
• huffy
• irascible
• unfriendly
• cantankerous
• peevish
• sulky
• distant
• smouldering
• disapproving
• perturbed
• antisocial
• churlish
• bristly
• fretful
• grumpy
• raving
• belligerent
• piqued
• frigid
• snappish
• acrid
• stormy
• icy
• grouchy
• pugnacious
• bitter
• bilious
• dyspeptic
• touchy
• querulous
• ornery
• contrary
• cranky
• inflammable
• testy
• cold
• contentious
• quarrelsome
• ill-tempered
• crabby
• cool
• fussy
• sorehead
• ill-humored
• disputatious
• soreheaded
• argumentative
• quick-tempered
• bearish
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• pleased
• accepting
• agreeable
• amenable
• happy
• friendly
• sympathetic
• complaisant
• accommodating
• satisfied
• content
• amicable
• obliging
• cordial
• angerless
• calm
• tolerant
• pleasant
• understanding
• empathetic
• amiable
• peaceable
• sweet
• good-natured
• serene
• kind
• placid
• tranquil
• affable
• easygoing
• pacific
• genial
• unembittered
• good-tempered

infuriating

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verb (2)

present participle of infuriate

as in angering

to make angry

the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enraging
• angering
• annoying
• irritating
• outraging
• maddening
• aggravating
• offending
• incensing
• exasperating
• riling
• enflaming
• roiling
• rankling
• inflaming
• ticking off
• provoking
• madding
• steaming up
• iring
• vexing
• rubbing the wrong way
• affronting
• nettling
• crossing
• burning (up)
• getting
• miffing
• huffing
• getting one's goat
• ruffling
• antagonizing
• embittering
• peeving
• piquing
• putting out
• envenoming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gratifying
• pleasing
• relieving
• delighting
• comforting
• soothing
• consoling
• allaying
• charming
• calming
• appeasing
• placating
• captivating
• pacifying
• settling
• assuaging
• conciliating
• quieting
• disarming
• bewitching
• enchanting
• mollifying
• lulling
• beguiling

infuriating

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adjective (2)

as in enraging

Related Words

• enraging
• troublesome
• frustrating
• exasperating
• annoying
• maddening
• upsetting
• disquieting
• aggravating
• burdensome
• importunate
• angering
• irksome
• displeasing
• discomforting
• irritating
• vexing
• distressing
• offensive
• bothersome
• troubling
• abrasive
• vexatious
• tiresome
• inconveniencing
• painful
• mischievous
• pesky
• nettlesome
• stressful
• galling
• disturbing
• worrisome
• pestilential
• pestiferous
• bratty
• brattish
• importune
• trying
• rebarbative
• peeving
• distractive
• plaguy
• nettling
• plaguey
• rankling
• jarring
• riling
• chafing
• pesty
• pestilent
• carking
• thorny
• spiny
• grating
• biting
• jangling

Dissimilar Words

• delightful
• pleasing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infuriating

Verb

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

That sounds like an infuriating way to look at a painting. —Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025

Adjective

So many of our city’s small businesses operate on very thin profit margins, and the time and money these entities spend to undo these infuriating criminal acts erode those margins further still. —Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 June 2025

Trump withdrew his nomination shortly after Musk left the government, reportedly further infuriating the tech billionaire. —Scott Neuman, NPR, 7 June 2025

Verb

The movie should fascinate viewers interested in Native American history and culture, and infuriate fans who still cherish their Washington football or Cleveland baseball team paraphernalia. —Mark Jenkins, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Apr. 2023

The movie should fascinate viewers interested in Native American history and culture, and infuriate fans who still cherish their Washington football or Cleveland baseball team paraphernalia. —Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023