单词 | enrage |
释义 | enrage (once / 867 pages) v Things that enrage you make you mad. Really mad. People are not typically enraged by annoying things like paper cuts or long lines. They are more likely to become enraged by evil or injustice. Something that enrages you makes you incredibly angry. The news that their favorite teacher has been fired might enrage a group of students, and witnessing someone mistreating an animal might also enrage them. The 14th century verb enrage combines the prefix en-, "make or put in," and rage, with its Latin root rabies, "madness, rage, or fury." WORD FAMILYenrage: enraged, enragement, enrages, enraging+/enraged: enragedly/rage: enrage, raged, rages, raging/raging: ragingly USAGE EXAMPLESSunday's riot involved dozens of locals enraged by the killing of a 21-year-old Polish man, identified only as Daniel R, outside a kebab restaurant. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) In doing so, however, Mr. Obama also solidified his reputation for using public lands to reward his friends and enrage his enemies. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) It was clear from all the enraged comments on the YouTube trailer that a certain segment of the population wouldn’t be satisfied no matter what. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) v put into a rage; make violently angry Hyper anger make angry |
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