infuriate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1667; borrowed from Medieval Latin infuriātus (“enraged”), perfect passive participle of infuriō (“to enrage”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin furia (“rage, fury, frenzy”); perhaps via Italian infuriato. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/ (verb), IPA(key): /ɪnˈfjʊəɹɪət/ (adjective) === Verb === infuriate (third-person singular simple present infuriates, present participle infuriating, simple past and past participle infuriated) To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury. Synonyms: enrage, madden; see also Thesaurus:enrage 1796, Edmund Burke, Thoughts on the Prospect of a Regicide Peace, London: J. Owen, Letter 2, p. 105,[2] They tore the deputation of the Clergy to pieces by their infuriated declamations and invectives, before they lacerated their bodies by their massacres. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:infuriate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === infuriate (comparative more infuriate, superlative most infuriate) (now rare) Filled with, characterized by or expressing fury. Synonyms: enraged, furious, raging; see also Thesaurus:ferocious == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== infuriate inflection of infuriare: second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== infuriate f pl feminine plural of infuriato