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

Several public employers are infuriating workers by ending coverage for GLP-1 drugs for weight loss. — Bob Herman, STAT, 18 Aug. 2026

But for the medieval and classics scholar in Kratz, the film invited questions and infuriated him at times. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 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

Sometimes there’s an infuriating message. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2026

Form has been wildly fluctuating and has led to some infuriating, passive displays. — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 26 May 2026

Verb

Despite his rakish lifestyle, Don Juan falls in love with innocent Adriana, infuriating the envious Lucrezia Borgia (Estelle Taylor), who plots to ruin the young lovers’ nascent romance. — Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026

Speaking to them on the phone is infuriating since most of the conversation is about what’s going on with Kaden. — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 17 July 2026