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

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

Adjective

Most infuriating of all, this regulation simply asks companies to do what any responsible, ethical organization would be doing of their own accord. —Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025

The reversal served to infuriate Patrick, who presides over the Senate, and several lawmakers who accused Mindell of misleading them with his statements to the Finance panel. —John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 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