ENRAGED Synonyms: 206 Similar and Opposite Words

enraged 1 of 2

adjective

as in angry

feeling or showing anger the repair shop owner tore up the bill when he saw the enraged look on the customer's face

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enraged

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verb

past tense of enrage

as in infuriated

to make angry the fact that the auto garage bungled the repair and then overcharged him simply enraged the customer

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Adjective

And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026 Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole. — Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 But the suspect’s sister, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the victim became enraged after noticing a scratch on his motorcycle and stormed up to her brother, blaming him for the damage. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2026 As Clenney became enraged, Obumseli threw his hands up in defense, and Clenney continued swinging on him, the video showed. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 At the same time, locals became enraged with both the aesthetic of the homes and the business practices of the developers as the town began to take shape. — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026 Beach removed the Knee Defender, but then became enraged when the woman reclined forcefully, risking damage to his computer. — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 10 July 2026 Not every close call involves death-defying drop-offs and enraged bison. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 July 2026 Rob-Will’s enraged face as Beulah told him what the situation actually is was pretty amazing. — William Earl, Variety, 26 June 2026

Verb

Counsel was enraged that his gambit was foiled by one jury holdout on the insanity argument. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026 That day in August, the woman was awakened by Ross, who was enraged by a photo she was tagged in on Instagram, according to Ross’ arrest report. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 The drama reignited a heated debate over the tech threatening to put human creatives in the industry out of a job, a nightmare scenario that has enraged some of the most influential minds in Hollywood. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026 Monken has decided to stick with Deshaun Watson as his QB1, a move that has confused and enraged some of the fanbase. — Takashi Williams, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 On top of that are Moody’s troubling links to the Hope Florida grand jury scandal that has enraged many voters. — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2026 Marie-Louise is enraged one minute, subservient the next, bullying the staff while throwing banquets for Nazi officials. — David Denby, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The comment at a rally last Sunday titillated, provoked and enraged different audiences simultaneously, all but guaranteeing saturation news coverage and even more attention. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Fauci pleaded the Fifth a number of times, which appears to have enraged a lot of people. — Rob Crilly, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026

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Adjective

Protests by high school students angry about dilapidated, understaffed schools have roiled France since mid-September.

— JOHN LEICESTER, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Keeping The Faith So all’s well that ends well, and frantic, for Halfway 2 Jesus, Rock’s 13th album and the follow-up to 2022’s angry, politically charged Bad Reputation.

— Gary Graff, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of angry

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Sydney Sweeney is no stranger to starring in a controversial ad — and her latest effort has infuriated female athletes, including Olympians.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
But Marcia was beginning to sound like Marcia on the page, Marcia in those essays that both excited and infuriated her readers.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of infuriated

Adjective

Tall Paul said through an outraged mouthful of banoffee doughnut.

— Kevin Barry, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
After a concertgoer died in the audience at a Carson music festival on Saturday, an artist is outraged the show continued while the deceased was still on-site.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of outraged

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The ouster of Bela Bajaria from the role that Rice now occupies was messy, and angered many inside and outside of Netflix.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
Cotham, previously a Democrat, switched parties in 2023, a move that gave the GOP a veto-proof supermajority in the state House and angered Democrats across North Carolina.

— Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of angered

Adjective

His tone was reminiscent of the indignant woman in Yamaska who’d unloaded on me while walking her dog.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
The same people who were indignant over Hunter Biden have turned a blind eye to the conflicts of interest rife in this administration.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of indignant

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Before long there were three squad cars with lights flashing parked in the drive, with a furious Grandpa Joe trying to sort out the trouble.

— Kerry Kennedy, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of furious

Adjective

Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary theorist and author of the groundbreaking best seller The Selfish Gene (1976), among many other books, appears to have gone a bit mad.

— James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Mel Brooks’ comedy The Producers also took a poke at that mad man with Springtime for Hitler.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026

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