INFURIATE


Meaning of INFURIATE in English

/ ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt; NAmE -ˈfjʊr-/ verb

to make sb extremely angry

SYN enrage :

[ vn ]

Her silence infuriated him even more.

[ vn that ]

It infuriates me that she was not found guilty.

[also vn to inf ]

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin infuriat- made angry, from the verb infuriare , from in- into + Latin furia fury.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.