# infuriate

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈfjʊəɹieɪt/ · frequency rank #58,765

## Definitions
1. To make furious or mad with anger; to fill with fury.

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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