单词 | infuriate |
释义 | infuriate (once / 1544 pages) v Different things infuriate different people: whatever makes you angry, mad, or ticked off infuriates you. Fury is a word for "anger" that should help with this word: to infuriate is to fill someone with fury, i.e., anger. Unless you're new to the planet, you've probably noticed many things that are infuriating: people talking too loudly on their phones, the cancellation of your favorite TV show, stepping in a puddle, someone stealing from you, stubbing your toe. These annoying events could infuriate anyone. Sometimes you might infuriate someone else by accident. Like it or not, we all infuriate someone sometime. WORD FAMILYinfuriate: infuriated, infuriates, infuriating, infuriation+/infuriated: infuriatedly/infuriating: infuriatingly/infuriation: infuriations USAGE EXAMPLESArmy Corps of Engineers thrilled protesters and infuriated the company building the pipeline by announcing that it would explore other routes for the project. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) The United States abstained from the resolution, infuriating Mr. Netanyahu. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Boyd was unruffled by being targeted, although he was infuriated at times by his teammates' failure to back up his pressing of the Hearts centre-backs. BBC(Dec 27, 2016) v make furious Syn|Hyper exasperate, incense anger make angry |
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