enrage

See also: enragé

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɹeɪd͡ʒ/

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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 provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:enrage

Translations

to fill with rage

• Arabic: أَغَاظَ‎ (ʾaḡāẓa), أَغْضَبَ‎ (ʾaḡḍaba)
• Bulgarian: разярявам (bg) (razjarjavam), вбесявам (bg) (vbesjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 觸怒 (zh), 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 15566697, page 197, column 2.

Anagrams

• Gerena, anegre, angree, genera

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ʁaʒ/

Verb

enrage

1. first-person singular present indicative of enrager
2. third-person singular present indicative of enrager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of enrager
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of enrager
5. second-person singular imperative of enrager

Anagrams

• gênera, généra, rangée