enrage
/ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/
enrage verb: to become angry or wild.
Verb
enrage (third-person singular simple present enrages, present participle enraging, simple past and past participle enraged)
- To become angry or wild.
- To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.
- To provoke to madness, to make insane.
- 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.c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- La[dy Macbeth]. I pray you ſpeake not: he growes worſe & worſe
enrage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
enrage in Hindi
- to fill with rage
- भड़काना bhaṛkānā, उकसाना uksānā
enrage in Tamil
- கடும் சினமூட்டு, வெறித்தனமான கோபமூட்டு
enrage in Urdu
- غصے میں آنا, غصہ دلانا, لال پیلا ہونا
enrage in Bengali
- ক্রুদ্ধ করা, খেপিয়ে তোলা, অত্যন্ত রাগান্বিত করা
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- enrage in Malayalam
- കോപിപ്പിക്കുക, ദേഷ്യപ്പെടുത്തുക, അരിശം കൊള്ളിക്കുക
- enrage in Kannada
- ಕೋಪಬರಿಸು, ರೋಷವುಂಟುಮಾಡು, ಕ್ರೋಧತರು, ಕೆರಳಿಸು
- enrage in Odia
- ଚଳାଇବା caḷāibā
- enrage in Arabic
- أَغَاظَ ʔaḡāẓa, أَغْضَبَ ʔaḡḍaba
- enrage in Thai
- ทำให้โกรธ tam hâi gròht, บันดาลโทสะ bandaan tohsà
Examples of enrage in a sentence
- He was so enraged that he screamed lividly for fifteen minutes.
- Supported by an enraged and desperate public, this new alliance set out to achieve two goals.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:enraged.
Synonyms of enrage
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- gall
- get
- get to
- honk off
- incense
- inflame
- infuriate
- madden
- make angry
- nark
- offend
- outrage
- provoke
- put out
- rankle
- rile
- piss off
- roil
- set off
- steam
- tick off
- get one's back up
- get someone's dander up
- get someone's goat
- get someone's Irish up
- make someone see red
- make someone's blood boil
- put someone's back up
- raise someone's hackles
- raise someone's shag
Antonyms
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Forms of enrage
| third-person singular present | enrages |
|---|---|
| present participle | enraging |
| past participle | enraged |
| past | enraged |
Origin of enrage
From Old French enrager, enragier, from rage. Equivalent to en- + rage.
Words formed from enrage
Words that rhyme with enrage
Questions about enrage
- What does enrage mean?
- Enrage means to become angry or wild.
- What is enrage in Hindi?
- Enrage in Hindi is भड़काना (bhaṛkānā), उकसाना (uksānā). See Enrage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is enrage?
- Enrage is a verb.
- How do you pronounce enrage?
- Enrage is pronounced /ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the past tense of enrage?
- The past tense of enrage is enraged.
Words near enrage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: enrage (page history and authors); enrage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enrage (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Enrage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enrage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); enrage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଚଳାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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