enrage
verb /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/
/ɪnˈreɪdʒ/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enrage | /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/ /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it enrages | /ɪnˈreɪdʒɪz/ /ɪnˈreɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple enraged | /ɪnˈreɪdʒd/ /ɪnˈreɪdʒd/ |
| past participle enraged | /ɪnˈreɪdʒd/ /ɪnˈreɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form enraging | /ɪnˈreɪdʒɪŋ/ /ɪnˈreɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody very angry synonym infuriate
- be enraged at something She was enraged at his stupidity.
- enrage somebody The newspaper article enraged him.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (formerly also as inrage): from French enrager, from en- ‘into’ + rage ‘rage, anger’.