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in-FY-oorr-ee-ayt/ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt/

To infuriate is to make someone extremely angry: infuriate staff, an infuriating delay. Anger (already in the dictionary) is the noun; enrage is the close twin. A resilience slide does not staff a night cell.

Meaning

To make someone extremely angry.

Examples

• “An unnamed night cell will infuriate the union; a resilience slide will not help.”
• “Enrage is the close twin. Annoy is milder. A slide is branding. A cell is a rota. Name the spare; keep resilience for the foyer.”

Good to know

Make very angry. Close: enrage. A slide ≠ a named night cell.

Near in meaning

enrage, incense, exasperate

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