- (transitive)
to provoke to fury; put into a rage; anger
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en•rage /ɛnˈreɪdʒ/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], -raged, -rag•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to make extremely angry.
en•rage
(en rāj′),USA pronunciation v.t., -raged, -rag•ing.
en•rag•ed•ly
(en rā′jid lē, -rājd′-),USA pronunciation adv.
en•rage′ment, n.
- to make extremely angry; put into a rage;
infuriate:His supercilious attitude enraged me.
- Middle French enrager. See en-1, rage
- 1490–1500
- anger, inflame, madden. Enrage, incense, infuriate imply stirring to violent anger. To enrage or to infuriate is to provoke wrath:They enrage(infuriate) him by their deliberate and continual injustice. To incense is to inflame with indignation or anger:to incense a person by making insulting remarks.
- appease, pacify.
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