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feeling or showing anger
an infuriated correspondent who keeps sending increasingly vicious letters
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Recent Examples of infuriated
Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The youngster infuriated head coach Hansi Flick by telling the German on Friday morning that a then-unnamed team would activate his paltry $7 million release clause.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
While the communities collected millions to spend on their own residents, the deals infuriated those where the properties were located.
—Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2026
The move has also infuriated Democrats in both chambers of Congress, who have called for ICE to adopt new rules including a ban on face masks, requirements that officers produce warrants before making arrests and to ensure Border Patrol agents remain at the border.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Trump’s blunt warnings have infuriated the country’s leaders, who have since doubled down on crushing the protests.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Neuralink recently lured a top official away from the Food and Drug Administration office that regulates the company, a poaching that has surprised, impressed, and infuriated its competitors in a fledgling industry developing brain-computer interfaces.
—O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Jan. 2026
Most of us are simply not used to being this frequently upset, enraged, infuriated, or just plain disgusted by public occurrences.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Verb
But Newsom’s decision to leave LaMalfa’s seat vacant as long as possible has infuriated California Republicans.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2026
The youngster infuriated head coach Hansi Flick by telling the German on Friday morning that a then-unnamed team would activate his paltry $7 million release clause.
—Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
While the communities collected millions to spend on their own residents, the deals infuriated those where the properties were located.
—Eric Dexheimer, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2026
The move has also infuriated Democrats in both chambers of Congress, who have called for ICE to adopt new rules including a ban on face masks, requirements that officers produce warrants before making arrests and to ensure Border Patrol agents remain at the border.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2026
The development appears to have infuriated the center’s interim president, MAGA loyalist Richard Grenell.
—Brian Niemietz, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Trump’s blunt warnings have infuriated the country’s leaders, who have since doubled down on crushing the protests.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 7 Jan. 2026
Neuralink recently lured a top official away from the Food and Drug Administration office that regulates the company, a poaching that has surprised, impressed, and infuriated its competitors in a fledgling industry developing brain-computer interfaces.
—O. Rose Broderick, STAT, 5 Jan. 2026
Most of us are simply not used to being this frequently upset, enraged, infuriated, or just plain disgusted by public occurrences.
—Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 30 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infuriated
Adjective
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And why did that treatment — at least initially — leave Zverev so enraged?—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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This doesn’t mean enraged outbursts or accusatory monologues.—
Molly Burrets,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The remark angered lawmakers on both sides of the aisle at the time, and it was quickly walked back.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
26 Jan. 2026
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Opposition to the war grew in Australia along with the Palestinian death toll, and last September the government angered Israeli leaders by supporting other like-minded Western nations, including Canada and the United Kingdom, by formally recognizing Palestinian statehood.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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These agents are recruited from among angry white males enticed by a signup bonus of $50,000.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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The video is just as angry as the song’s lyrics and delivery, cutting disturbing (but not graphic) footage from ICE’s clashes with demonstrators in the city with Springsteen performing the song in his home studio.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
29 Jan. 2026
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Those characterizations outraged his family and Democratic politicians, who pointed to bystander videos showing Pretti helping a woman who had been pushed by an ICE agent and holding only his camera.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In 2020, top execs joined the chorus of voices outraged by the death of Floyd at the hands of a police officer.—
Lola Murti,Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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By documenting not just his actions but showing the privilege his race, religion and background afford him in comparison to his colleagues, the film reveals the inherent inequality in whose stories get told, and who’s allowed to be angry, indignant and morally correct.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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The jewelers victimized by the crime are indignant.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2026
Verb
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He was obviously annoyed at her about something.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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In particular, you might be concerned or annoyed about financial issues with a friend or a group.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But the Hornets held off a furious San Antonio comeback at the end.—
Scott Fowler The Charlotte Observer,
Arkansas Online,
2 Feb. 2026
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But the Hornets held off a furious San Antonio comeback at the end.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Feb. 2026
Verb
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For a long time your political cartoons published in the editorial pages have irritated me.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Jan. 2026
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The song, which reclaims a derogatory term for Venezuelan female migrants, was interpreted as defiant and irritated the Venezuelan president, then facing widespread reports of electoral fraud.—
Leonor C. Suárez,
Rolling Stone,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Infuriated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infuriated. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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