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enraging

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verb

present participle of enrage

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for enraging
Adjective
  • Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right.
    Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
  • Nothing is more infuriating than realizing that the lid does not firmly fit over the container.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • The prequel will introduce his family and girlfriend and the events that led up to his victory, notorious for angering the Capitol elite.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Reports suggest that some Republican lawmakers are frustrated with Musk’s bluster and that the DOGE approach to slashing the federal bureaucracy is angering constituents and making lawmakers less popular in their districts.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • That the short story wasn’t focused on gay self-loathing or repression appealed to director Hermanus, as well as how the film treats the relationship between Lionel and David with a casualness that belies its potentially upsetting subject matter.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 22 May 2025
  • These questions give hip-hop fans another thing to reckon with, in addition to all of the upsetting claims against Combs.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 12 May 2025
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“Enraging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enraging. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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