Enrage

//ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To become angry or wild. intransitive
  2. 2
    put into a rage; make violently angry wordnet
  3. 3
    To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious. transitive
  4. 4
    To provoke to madness, to make insane. obsolete, transitive

    "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."

Synonyms

All synonyms
affrontaggravateangerangerannoyantagonize

Example

More examples

"The word that Mary had, just before the comma, to enrage Tom, was the word "erased"."

Etymology

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

More for "enrage"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.