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enrage

  • /ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

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From Old French enrager, enragier, from rage. Equivalent to en- + rage.

verb enrages · enraging · enraged

  1. intransitive To become angry or wild.
  2. transitive To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.
  3. obsolete, transitive To provoke to madness, to make insane. La[dy Macbeth]. I pray you ſpeake not: he growes worſe & worſe Queſtion enrages him: at once, goodnight. […] Len[nox]. Good night, and better health Attend his Maieſty.

Similar: affront, aggravate, anger, antagonize, awrath, burn up, cheese off, cross, embitter, envenom, gall, get, get to, honk off, incense, inflame, infuriate, madden, make angry, nark, offend, outrage, provoke, put out, rankle, rile, piss off, roil, set off, steam · Opposite: allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, comfort, conciliate, console, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relieve, settle, soothe

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verb to fill with rage

Españolenfurecer, ensañar, sublevar, encolerizar, encorajinar, enconar
日本語息巻く ikimaku, 激怒させる gekido-saseru
中文觸怒 /触怒 chùnù, 激怒 jīnù, 使憤怒 /使愤怒 shǐ fènnù
हिन्दीभड़काना bhaṛkānā, उकसाना uksānā
Portuguêsenfurecer, enjoar
Françaisenrager, mettre en rage, rendre furieux
Deutschaufregen, erzürnen, in Rage versetzen, in Wut versetzen, wütend machen
Italianofar arrabbiare, far adirare, muovere a ira, adirare
Ελληνικάεξαγριώνω exagrióno
Românăînfuria
Русскийвзбеси́ть vzbesítʹ, разъяри́ть razʺjarítʹ, привести́ в я́рость privestí v járostʹ, рассерди́ть rasserdítʹ, разгне́вать razgnévatʹ, разозли́ть razozlítʹ
العربيةأَغَاظَ ʔaḡāẓa, أَغْضَبَ ʔaḡḍaba

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@misc{enrage_2026,
  title = {enrage},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/enrage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}