Synonyms of infuriate

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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
• inflame
• rankle
• aggravate
• ire
• provoke
• roil
• madden
• exasperate
• steam up
• incense
• tick off
• rub the wrong way
• vex
• affront
• pique
• antagonize
• burn (up)
• ruffle
• cross
• peeve
• embitter
• get one's goat
• get
• huff
• put out
• miff
• 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
• annoyed
• irate
• rabid
• riled
• incensed
• passionate
• sore
• apoplectic
• irritable
• fuming
• inflamed
• livid
• wrathful
• in a huff
• hot under the collar
• ireful
• blue in the face
• rankled
• fit to be tied
• hopping mad
• hot
• bent out of shape
• steaming
• choleric
• exasperated
• in a pet
• aggravated
• foaming
• in a fume
• wroth
• roiled
• going crook
• cheesed off
• ticked
• shirty
• horn-mad
• hopping
• steamed up
• embittered
• seething
• vindictive
• spiteful
• unpleasant
• cross
• antagonistic
• resentful
• vengeful
• riley
• boiling
• teed off
• malevolent
• inimical
• ranting
• bristling
• disagreeable
• virulent
• worked up
• sizzling
• antipathetic
• vitriolic
• acrimonious
• wrought (up)
• smoldering
• petulant
• rancorous
• huffy
• burning
• irascible
• unfriendly
• cantankerous
• peevish
• sulky
• distant
• perturbed
• antisocial
• churlish
• disapproving
• bristly
• fretful
• grumpy
• raving
• belligerent
• piqued
• snappish
• frigid
• stormy
• acrid
• grouchy
• icy
• pugnacious
• bilious
• dyspeptic
• bitter
• touchy
• querulous
• ornery
• contrary
• cranky
• inflammable
• cold
• testy
• quarrelsome
• contentious
• ill-tempered
• crabby
• cool
• fussy
• sorehead
• ill-humored
• disputatious
• 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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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
• stressful
• nettlesome
• galling
• disturbing
• worrisome
• pestilential
• pestiferous
• bratty
• brattish
• importune
• trying
• rebarbative
• peeving
• distractive
• nettling
• plaguey
• rankling
• jarring
• riling
• chafing
• pesty
• pestilent
• carking
• thorny
• spiny
• grating
• biting
• jangling

Dissimilar Words

• delightful
• pleasing

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
• roiling
• rankling
• inflaming
• ticking off
• provoking
• madding
• steaming up
• iring
• vexing
• rubbing the wrong way
• affronting
• nettling
• crossing
• burning (up)
• miffing
• getting one's goat
• huffing
• getting
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infuriate

Verb

Some descendants worry that the new research from Kurin and his colleagues will only infuriate die-hard Jefferson apologists further. — Andrew Lawler, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026

Both sides continue to infuriate the other, as the Jayhawks did last week. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Adjective

Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors. — Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025

The two initiatives appeared to both panic and infuriate Kagame, who viewed them as part of a joint attempt by Tshisekedi and Museveni to sideline him economically and strategically. — Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023

Adjective

Beautiful, infuriating, wonderful, awful, glorious, ever-changing, transcendent people. — Rajani Larocca, PEOPLE, 9 Aug. 2026

This is an infuriating bait-and-switch case compounded by a gross disregard for public health and safety. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Verb

But maybe that low point and the unexpected departure of Stokes and the return of Joe Root as Test captain ahead of the white-ball skipper has proved a turning point for one of the most gifted but infuriating batters of his generation. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

These are eight facts about women in medical research that are downright insane, infuriating and, in some cases, just unbelievable. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 19 Aug. 2026