Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infuriate

/ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables: in-fu-ri-ate
IPA: /ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.

adj

Filled with, characterized by or expressing fury.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"What graceles fears, strange hates, may Nations so affright, Infuriate so; gainst God with mad attempts to fight?"
"1796, Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Prospect of a Regicide Peace, London: J. Owen, Letter 2, p. 105, They tore the deputation of the Clergy to pieces by their infuriated declamations and invectives, before they lacerated their bodies by their massacres."
"He bent over Oliver, and repeated the inquiry; but finding him really incapable of understanding the question; and knowing that his not replying would only infuriate the magistrate the more, and add to the severity of his sentence; he hazarded a guess."
"I had […] no notion that the working class were human beings.[…] I could agonise over their sufferings, but I still hated them and despised them when I came anywhere near them. I was still revolted by their accents and infuriated by their habitual rudeness."
"US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan after a one-day visit that has infuriated China."
"These [materials] in thir dark Nativitie the Deep Shall yeild us, pregnant with infernal flame, Which into hallow Engins long and round Thick-rammd, at th’ other bore with touch of fire Dilated and infuriate shall send forth From far with thundring noise among our foes Such implements of mischief as shall dash To pieces, and orewhelm whatever stands Adverse,"

Etymology

First attested in 1667; borrowed from Medieval Latin infuriātus (“enraged”), perfect passive participle of infuriō (“to enrage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin furia (“rage, fury, frenzy”); perhaps via Italian infuriato.

Origin

Source language: Latin
First known use: First attested in 1667

Word Breakdown

Root: furia, infuriato

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

infuriates (present, singular) infuriating (participle, present) infuriated (participle, past) infuriated (past) more infuriate (comparative) most infuriate (superlative)

Derived Forms

infuriable infuriated infuriating infuriation infuriator

Synonyms

enrage madden affront aggravate anger antagonize awrath burn up cheese off cross embitter envenom

Questions

How do you pronounce infuriate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/.
What does infuriate mean?: To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.
Where does infuriate come from?: It is traced to Latin. First known use: First attested in 1667.

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