enrage — to make someone extremely angry
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to make someone extremely angry
Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪnˈreɪdʒ/
Example Sentences
- The pizza delivery being 3 hours late enraged the hungry students.
- His constant phone calls during the movie enraged other viewers.
- The teacher was enraged when she found students cheating on the exam.
enrage
VERB[/ɪnˈreɪdʒ/]
to make someone extremely angry
The referee's unfair call enraged the entire stadium of soccer fans.
EN(make) + RAGE(anger) — pushed to a state of complete RAGE(anger), the cruel prank managed to completely enrage the peaceful man.
Trapped inside the tiny, unfair iron cage, the wild bear began to violently enrage.
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
From French enrage, formed by combining the prefix en- (meaning 'to make' or 'to cause to be') with rage (anger, from Old French rage meaning violent anger). The word literally means 'to make angry' or 'to cause to enter into rage'.
Breakdown
en- (to make, to cause to be) + rage (anger, violent passion). The prefix en- functions as a causative, transforming the noun rage into a verb meaning 'to provoke into anger'.
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📝Examples
“The pizza delivery being 3 hours late enraged the hungry students.”
“His constant phone calls during the movie enraged other viewers.”
“The teacher was enraged when she found students cheating on the exam.”
“My cat gets enraged when I accidentally step on its tail.”
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