Enrage
[ɪn'reɪdʒ;en-]
Definition
(v. t.) To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Irritate, exasperate, incense, madden, infuriate, provoke, inflame, chafe, AGGRAVATE, anger, make furious, excite to rage.
Checker: Wyatt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Provoke, incite, madden, incense, excite, aggravate, irritate, inflame,embitter, infuriate, exasperate
ANT:Soothe, conciliate, pacify, tame, mollify, allay, quiet
Edited by Henry
Definition
v.t. to make angry.—p.adj. Enraged′ angered: furious.—n. Enrage′ment act of enraging state of being enraged excitement.
Checker: Sherman
Examples
- He besought Monseigneur not to enrage himself. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- When the lion is awakened--that is to say, when I enrage--the satisfaction of my animosity is as acceptable to me as money. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Noble natures under such circumstances become enraged. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He makes love to Myrtis, and is discovered by the enraged queen, who orders her bees to drive him forth from the hive. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I had not been so enraged for several years! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The gamekeepers were more enraged than their lord by my obstinacy. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Then she is enraged again, and makes some mention of swindlers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I heard a click of steel and a bellow like an enraged bull. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- With wild, ferocious cries and amidst the nasty squealing of battle-enraged thoats we bore down upon the Zodangans. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
Editor: Sallust