infuriate
pronunciation
How to pronounce infuriate in British English:
UK [ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt]
How to pronounce infuriate in American English:
US [ɪnˈfjʊrieɪt]
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- Verb:
- make furious
Word Origin
- infuriate (v.)
- 1660s, from Italian infuriato, from Medieval Latin infuriatus, past participle of infuriare "to madden," from Latin in furia "in a fury," from ablative of furia (see fury). Related: Infuriated; infuriating; infuriatingly.
Example
- 1. And that , he knows , will infuriate the americans .
- 2. Such behaviour leads to the stop-start traffic jams which infuriate motorists .
- 3. Any attempt to develop the islands would be sure to infuriate chinese leaders .
- 4. Analysts say construction would infuriate beijing , exacerbating the tense bilateral relations .
- 5. But such an action would have little effect other than to infuriate china and invite retaliation .