enrage

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See also: enragé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪdʒ

Verb

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

(intransitive, obsolete) To become angry or wild.
(transitive) To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy; to make furious.
(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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , 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

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)
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), volumes 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

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

Anagrams

gênera, généra, rangée

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