infuriate

Drive someone crazy

To infuriate is to make someone extremely angry—beyond mere annoyance to genuine rage.

The word emphasizes the effect on the person angered: His smug attitude infuriated her.

Something infuriating provokes this intense response: The infuriating thing is that he was right.

anger

enrage

Make furious

inflame · anger · provoke · antagonize · exasperate · aggravate · irritate · annoy · vex · irk

emotion

rage

Intense, violent anger

livid · fuming · seething · incensed · irate · wrathful · apoplectic · choleric · vexation · exasperation

provocation

taunt

Insulting provocation

  • goadIncite to action
  • needlePointed implement for sewing
  • baitLure for prey

badger · harass · pester · hound · torment · agitate · incite · instigate · inflame · spur

outburst

yell

Speak very loudly

shriek · howl · roar · holler · vociferate · stomp · slam · pound · vent · rage

reaction

seethe

Boil with quiet rage

  • fumeToxic vapor emission
  • smolderBurn without flame
  • boilHeat to bubbling point

bristle · explode · erupt · snap · lash out · blow up · lose it · rant · rave · storm

Opposites
emotional effect

infuriatedelight

Intense pleasure or satisfaction

please · gratify · enchant · charm · captivate

agitation vs. calm

infuriatesoothe

Gently ease discomfort

calm · pacify · placate · mollify · appease

Family

infuriated, infuriating, infuriates, infuriation, infuriatingly

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G