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
• 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
• inflammable
• testy
• cold
• contentious
• quarrelsome
• ill-tempered
• cranky
• 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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adjective (2)

as in enraging

Synonyms & Similar 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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of infuriate

Verb

Who will sell them? VW infuriated many of its American dealers with plans to sell rugged Scout SUVs and pickups directly to consumers. —Mark Phelan, USA Today, 15 May 2025

Kurds there exercise self-rule, but the strong PKK ties and U.S. support have long infuriated Turkey. —Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025

Adjective

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

Adjective

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

The process becomes even more infuriating when life-threatening illness lurks in the background. —Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024