infuriated 1 of 2

adjective

as in enraged
feeling or showing anger an infuriated correspondent who keeps sending increasingly vicious letters

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infuriated

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verb

past tense of infuriate
as in angered
to make angry the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach

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Recent Examples of infuriated
Verb
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, 10 Sep. 2026 The targeting designation infuriated KU coach Lance Leipold, who was asked about the flag after a game in which the defense held the Sharks to 146 yards and 11 first downs. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026 The White House’s abrupt decision last week to ease tariffs on 300,000 metric tons — more than 660 million pounds — of foreign beef imports has infuriated American cattle ranchers and congressional Republicans alike. — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 The heated rhetoric has infuriated and astonished most Canadians; in a recent poll, seventy-six per cent supported the decision of the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, to walk away from trade talks with Washington. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 27 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 Under its previous operator, Mountain View had been plagued by riots that drew negative press and infuriated locals. — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026 But some one-time backers have been infuriated by his support last month for a law that would prevent the arrest of ultra-Orthodox Jews for avoiding the military draft. — Reuters, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infuriated
  1. enraged
  2. angered
  3. angry
  4. outraged
  5. indignant
  6. annoyed
  7. furious
  8. irritated
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
Definition of enraged
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Radicals, outraged at its concessions, wanted to fight and topple the shogunate in favor of imperial rule.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Team member outraged University of Maryland freshman Camryn Bryant is on the club tennis team that is embroiled in the scandal.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of outraged
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
Verb
  • Returning the sarcasm tends to cause the same problem, with two people annoyed instead of one.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Williams is annoyed and wants order while Kirke is hardly paying attention and lugs vases of flowers through her home.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of annoyed
Adjective
  • 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
Verb
  • The episode confused and irritated the Red Sox, and following Saturday’s win starting pitcher Sonny Gray acknowledged that Alexander’s antics had provided the club with extra motivation.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The comments irritated Ilicali, who took to social media in response.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of irritated

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“Infuriated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infuriated. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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