enrage
verb
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/
Definition
Make someone extremely angry or furious.
Examples
The unfair refereeing decision served to enrage the home crowd.
His dismissive attitude toward the staff continued to enrage his colleagues.
She was enraged by the discovery that her private letters had been read.
How to Use enrage
- enrage someone (collocation)
- The standard transitive use where a person or group is the object. — "The new tax laws will surely enrage the middle class."
- be enraged by (prepositional phrase)
- The passive construction used to describe the source of the anger. — "He was enraged by the lack of respect shown to his family."
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