infuriate

English

Etymology

in- + fury + -ate?

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/ (verb), IPA(key): /ɪnˈfjʊəɹɪət/ (adjective)
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Verb

infuriate (third-person singular simple present infuriates, present participle infuriating, simple past and past participle infuriated)

  1. To make furious or mad with anger; to enrage

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Translations

Adjective

infuriate (comparative more infuriate, superlative most infuriate)

  1. (now rare) Enraged, furious.
    • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, p. 336:
      ‘A'll not leave thee,’ said Weeper in an infuriate rage.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
    • Thomson
      Inflamed beyond the most infuriate wrath.

Italian

Verb

infuriate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of infuriare
  2. second-person plural imperative of infuriare
  3. second-person plural present subjunctive of infuriare
  4. feminine plural of infuriato
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