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infuriatein‧fu‧ri‧ate /ɪnˈfjʊərieɪt $ -ˈfjʊr-/ verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEinfuriate |
Present | I, you, we, they | infuriate | | he, she, it | infuriates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | infuriated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have infuriated | | he, she, it | has infuriated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had infuriated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will infuriate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have infuriated |
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Present | I | am infuriating | | he, she, it | is infuriating | | you, we, they | are infuriating | Past | I, he, she, it | was infuriating | | you, we, they | were infuriating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been infuriating | | he, she, it | has been infuriating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been infuriating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be infuriating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been infuriating |
- Her racist attitudes infuriated her co-workers.
- Kramer's stubborn refusal to answer any questions infuriated the officers.
to make someone angry► make somebody angry also make somebody mad especially American · Sophie tried not to do anything that would make Henry angry. · It always makes me mad when people drive up behind me and start flashing their lights. ► annoy to make someone fairly angry: · The only reason she went out with Charles was to annoy her parents.· Jane's constant chatter was beginning to annoy me.· Are you doing that just to annoy me?it annoys somebody that/when: · It annoys me that Kim never returns the books she borrows.I find it annoying when...: · I find it annoying when people eat smelly foods on public transport. ► irritate to keep annoying someone: · That silly smile of hers always irritated me.· After a while, the loud ticking of the clock began to irritate me.· Jean Paul's attempts to apologize just irritated me even more. ► piss somebody off also tick somebody off American informal an impolite expression meaning to annoy someone: · Shut up, Bernie, before you really start to piss me off.it pisses somebody off the way: · Doesn't it piss you off the way your husband sits in front of the TV every night while you cook dinner? ► infuriate to make someone very angry especially by doing something that they cannot control or change: · Her racist attitudes infuriated her co-workers.· Kramer's stubborn refusal to answer any questions infuriated the officers. ► anger formal to make someone angry: · The police department's handling of the affair has angered many in the community.· The decision to again allow logging in the area angered environmentalists. ► bug informal if something bugs you, it annoys you because it is always there or is always happening, so that you cannot stop thinking about it or noticing it: · It really bugs me when I can't remember someone's name.· You know what bugs me? Getting a call from a telephone salesman right when I sit down to dinner. ► get on somebody's nerves if someone or something gets on your nerves , they annoy you, especially by continually saying or doing something that you do not like: · The noise from the apartment upstairs was beginning to get on my nerves.· I hope Emma isn't going to be there - she really gets on my nerves. ► it makes me sick spoken informal use this to say that something makes you very angry, especially an unfair situation: · It makes me sick, the way they treat old people here. ► be like a red rag to a bull British /be like waving a red rag in front of a bull American if something is like a red rag to a bull , it will always make a particular person angry: · Whatever you do, don't mention his ex-wife. It's like a red rag to a bull. ► It infuriated ... that It infuriated him that Beth was with another man. ADVERB► so· This had so infuriated Moustaine that he had decided to punish them, which meant the rest of us as well.· Henry was so infuriated by the childlike look of loss on his face he had half a mind to give him some.· She didn't think she had ever met a man who so infuriated her.· Their laughter so infuriated me that I began to have thoughts of revenge.· It was the uncertainty that was so infuriating, not knowing where she was. to make someone extremely angry SYN anger: Her actions infuriated her mother. It infuriated him that Beth was with another man. |