Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To put into a rage; infuriate.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To excite rage in; exasperate; provoke to fury or madness; make furious.
- Synonyms To irritate, incense, anger, madden, infuriate.
- To become angry or enraged.
Wiktionary
- v. To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
WordNet 3.0
- v. put into a rage; make violently angry
Etymologies
- Middle English *enragen, from Old French enrager : en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + rage, rage; see rage.
Examples
“See, "Rules change enrages Mallory" The Enquirer only wishes the City Council had the ability to "enrage" Mayor Mallory.”
“Ellis has since apologised to Mohamed, via the Cape Bar Council, for her use of the word "enrage", and admitted that it did not”
“They appear shocked and surprised when their blatant, shameless conflicts of interest and gerrymandering enrage citizens of both parties.”
The Huffington Post: Terrell Harris Dougan: Confessions of a Bad Jack Mormon Woman
“While the book managed to enrage me throughout, it did serve to educate and enlighten me on the religion in general, and on the important differences between the fundamentalists and the Latter Day Saints (LDS).”
“Under the Banner of Heaven” by Jon Krakauer (Doubleday, 2003) « The BookBanter Blog
“He still intends to let them have it when they think they can have their cake and eat it too, meaning they think they can build settlements in areas outside of their legally recognized borders and that it won't enrage anyone.”
“If our legislators are smart, which I'm increasingly doubting, they will table health care until the spring and focus on something that doesn't enrage their constituents.”
Analysis: Health care will run into spending bills after recess
“Just what more could Ares do to enrage and injure his brother?”
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“If you can spend hours online reading articles that enrage you, thank the Federal government.”
“But Obama has chosen a route which has a little bit of good news for everyone, and not enough bad news to enrage any particular faction too severely.”
The Huffington Post: Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Newt Loses Two, Huntsman Gains An "H"
“So Danny, I say if your intervention last week was designed to enrage our members and increase the chances of a strike – it worked.”
The Guardian: Unison chief's 'call to arms' warns of long fight over public-sector cuts
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