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adjective

Definition of infuriatednext
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 Synonyms for infuriated
  1. angered
  2. angry
  3. enraged
  4. outraged
  5. indignant
  6. annoyed
  7. furious
  8. mad
Verb
  • The trip to Moscow angered EU and NATO leaders, and Jens Stoltenberg, then the secretary general of the transatlantic defense alliance, said Orbán's visit did not represent the bloc or its Ukraine policies.
    Ibrahim Aksoy, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • China’s military exercises around Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million people, have become increasingly frequent in recent years and have tended to coincide with events that have angered Beijing.
    Wayne Chang, CNN, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of angered
Adjective
  • However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • But his future was in question after the party suffered its worst election defeat in more than a decade, losing support from voters angry about corruption scandals and the rising cost of living.
    Arata Yamamoto, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of angry
Verb
  • Others enraged by Bobba’s comments targeted the founders online — a response Liu has since condemned.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • And that has enraged the country.
    NBC News, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Definition of enraged
Verb
  • Many Disney employees were outraged by the bill, and because the company’s largest theme park is based in the state, there was massive internal pressure on then-CEO Bob Chapek to speak out against it.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Vance is equally fluent in the language of the national élite, and therefore knows how to get the national media to cover his crazy theories, and how to get national people outraged by them.
    David Fontana, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of outraged
Adjective
  • With her heavy black bangs and penchant for dressing like a paper doll from the 1960s, the comedian is loud, indignant, and ready to entrap both spirits and audience members.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Western capitals were indignant, of course, but failed to notice that the Turkish leader had voiced a sentiment shared widely at home.
    Piotr Zalewski, Foreign Affairs, 2 Nov. 2014
Definition of indignant
Verb
  • An engineer at the company, Charlie Ward, was annoyed with Amazon’s Super Saving Shipping service, which offered customers free shipping if their order was $25 or more.
    Brian Solis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Someone eating off my plate definitely annoyed me in most situations, but this felt different.
    Jodie Platt, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of annoyed
Adjective
  • The videos, and the furious reaction from Trump supporters, illustrate two key facets of the US presidential campaign.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Venus, reportedly furious, threatened to take them to court to seek full custody of the children.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of furious
Adjective
  • The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.
    Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Then, like clockwork, a bunch of Democrats got mad.
    Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of mad
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