enrage

See also: enragé

English

Etymology

From Old French enrager, enragier, from rage. Equivalent to en- +‎ rage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Verb

enrage (third-person singular simple present enrages, present participle enraging, simple past and past participle enraged)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To become angry or wild. [16th–18th c.]
2. (transitive) To fill with rage; to outrage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To provoke to madness, to make insane.
   • 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, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv], page 142, column 2:

     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.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:enrage

Derived terms

• enragement

Translations

to fill with rage

• Arabic: أَغَاظَ (ʔaḡāẓa), أَغْضَبَ (ʔaḡḍaba)
• Bulgarian: разярявам (bg) (razjarjavam), вбесявам (bg) (vbesjavam)
• Catalan: enutjar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸怒 / 触怒 (zh) (chùnù), 激怒 (zh) (jīnù), 使憤怒 / 使愤怒 (shǐ fènnù)

• Czech: rozzuřit, naštvat, nasrat (cs) (vulgar)
• Finnish: raivostuttaa (fi)
• French: rendre furieux, mettre en rage, enrager (fr)
• Georgian: გაცოფება (gacopeba), გახელება (gaxeleba), გაშმაგება (gašmageba), განრისხება (ganrisxeba)
• German: wütend machen, in Wut versetzen, in Rage versetzen
• Greek: εξαγριώνω (el) (exagrióno)
• Hungarian: megharagít (hu)
• Italian: esasperare (it), imbestialire (it), irritare (it)
• Japanese: 息巻く (ja) (いきまく, ikimaku), 激怒させる (ja) (げきどさせる, gekido-saseru)
• Maori: whakatakariri, whakariri
• Polish: rozwścieczać (pl), wkurzać, denerwować (pl), wkurwiać (pl) (vulgar)
• Portuguese: enfurecer (pt), enjoar (pt)
• Romanian: înfuria (ro)
• Russian: взбеси́ть (ru) pf (vzbesítʹ), разъяри́ть (ru) pf (razʺjarítʹ), привести́ в я́рость pf (privestí v járostʹ), рассерди́ть (ru) pf (rasserdítʹ), разгне́вать (ru) pf (razgnévatʹ), разозли́ть (ru) pf (razozlítʹ)
• Spanish: enfurecer (es), ensañar (es), sublevar (es), encolerizar (es), encorajinar (es), enconar (es), enviscar (es), enojar (es), ensañar (es), emputar (es)
• Swedish: reta upp (sv)
• Thai: ทำให้โกรธ (tam hâi gròht), บันดาลโทสะ (bandaan tohsà)
• Ukrainian: скаженіти (skaženity), розлютовувати (rozljutovuvaty)

References

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Enrage”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume III (D–E), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 197, column 2.

Anagrams

• Gerena, anegre, angree, genera

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁaʒ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

enrage

1. inflection of enrager:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• gênera, généra, rangée