Infuriate - English meaning

noun

A strong feeling of annoyance, displeasure, or hostility.

Usage examples:

The colonel's anger at his daughter's disobedience

verb

Fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in.

Usage examples:

She was angered by his terse answer

noun

The feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

You need to control your anger., he yelled at them in anger., his constant complaining only angered…

verb

Make (someone) a little angry; irritate.

Usage examples:

The decision really annoyed him

verb

To make someone slightly angry or upset

Usage examples:

I know you’re doing this only to annoy me., [ u ] as soon as he saw me, a look of annoyance crossed…

verb

To make someone angry

Usage examples:

Tina really annoyed me in the meeting this morning., i'm sorry - is my cough annoying you?, [ + tha…

verb

Cause (someone) to become hostile.

Usage examples:

The aim was to antagonize visiting supporters

verb

To anger someone enough to dislike and oppose you

Usage examples:

The company doesn’t want to antagonize one of its biggest oil suppliers.

verb

To make someone dislike you or feel opposed to you

Usage examples:

It's a very delicate situation and i've no wish to antagonize him.

verb

Make (someone) very angry.

Usage examples:

The students were enraged at these new rules

verb

To cause someone to become very angry

Usage examples:

School curriculum changes enraged a number of parents., enraged readers boycotted the newspaper.

verb

Irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely.

Usage examples:

This futile process exasperates prison officers

verb

To cause anger or extreme annoyance in someone

Usage examples:

His assistant’s carelessness is exasperating him.

verb

To make someone very annoyed, usually when they can do nothing to solve a problem

noun

Bold and impudent behaviour.

Usage examples:

The bank had the gall to demand a fee

verb

Make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful.

Usage examples:

It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence

noun

An abnormal growth formed in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi on plants and trees, especially oaks.

Usage examples:

A single grub feeds on its gall for two years before emerging

noun

A gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces.

Usage examples:

The sharp lingering sweetness of incense

verb

Perfume with incense or a similar fragrance.

Usage examples:

The aroma of cannabis incensed the air

verb

Make very angry.

Usage examples:

Locals are incensed at the suggestion

verb

Provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone.

Usage examples:

High fines further inflamed public feelings

verb

To excite someone’s strong feelings or make them stronger

Usage examples:

The defense objected to the graphic pictures, claiming they were meant merely to inflame the jury.

verb

To cause or increase very strong feelings such as anger or excitement

Usage examples:

Reducing the number of staff is certain to inflame the already angry medical profession., inflame p…

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or a little angry.

Usage examples:

His tone irritated her

verb

To annoy or make angry

Usage examples:

After a while the noise began to irritate him., at first my contact lenses irritated my eyes.

verb

To make someone angry or annoyed

Usage examples:

After a while her behaviour really began to irritate me.

verb

Make (someone) extremely annoyed.

Usage examples:

This is ridiculous, she told him, maddened by his reaction

verb

To make someone very angry or annoyed

Usage examples:

It maddens me to see how unfairly jon has been treated.

noun

A herbaceous plant which has jagged leaves covered with stinging hairs.

Usage examples:

These so-called host plants include many broadleaf weeds and cover crops such as nettles, mallow, c…

verb

Irritate or annoy (someone).

Usage examples:

‘i was only asking,’ jess said, nettled

noun

A wild plant with heart-shaped leaves that are covered in hairs that sting (= cause a painful reaction when touched)

Usage examples:

Stinging nettles, nettle soup/tea, she looked up at me sharply, clearly nettled by the interruption.

verb

Stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.

Usage examples:

The decision provoked a storm of protest from civil rights organizations

verb

Provide the needed stimulus for

verb

To try to make a person or an animal angry or annoyed

Usage examples:

He was trying to provoke me into a fight., i’m trying to make people think, provoke their emotions.…

verb

Make (someone) annoyed or irritated.

Usage examples:

He has been riled by suggestions that his arsenal future is in doubt