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to make angry
the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach
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Recent Examples of infuriating
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
The process becomes even more infuriating when life-threatening illness lurks in the background.
—Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Spotify For some of us, few things are more infuriating than a gadget that stops working due to a software change.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 May 2024
Entrenched business and political leaders, for whom journalism has often been an infuriating nuisance, cannot be counted on to save it, especially not in large cities, which is where newspapers are in the most trouble.
—Peter Osnos, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
This façade of Instagram being the cool new way for teens to chat is more infuriating than Nick’s not getting his boyfriend a one-month-anniversary present.
—Bella Arnold, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023
Fortunately, no Tesla owners showed up for an infuriating glimpse of these early days of share-and-share-alike.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2023
One of the most infuriating problems is that insurance companies are widely ignoring federal law.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 28 June 2023
Adjective
That sounds like an infuriating way to look at a painting.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
The process becomes even more infuriating when life-threatening illness lurks in the background.
—Arthur E Palamara, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Dec. 2024
Spotify For some of us, few things are more infuriating than a gadget that stops working due to a software change.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right.
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 May 2024
Entrenched business and political leaders, for whom journalism has often been an infuriating nuisance, cannot be counted on to save it, especially not in large cities, which is where newspapers are in the most trouble.
—Peter Osnos, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2010
This façade of Instagram being the cool new way for teens to chat is more infuriating than Nick’s not getting his boyfriend a one-month-anniversary present.
—Bella Arnold, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2023
Fortunately, no Tesla owners showed up for an infuriating glimpse of these early days of share-and-share-alike.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Aug. 2023
One of the most infuriating problems is that insurance companies are widely ignoring federal law.
—Maria Aspan, Fortune, 28 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infuriating
Adjective
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The instruments aboard Firefly's lander include a subsurface drill, an X-ray imager, and an experimental electrodynamic dust shield to test methods of repelling troublesome lunar dust from accumulating on sensitive spacecraft components.—
Kristin Shaw,
Ars Technica,
27 Feb. 2025
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What’s new in season eight is the show’s shift toward depicting phones as active and troublesome disrupters of a relationship that might have otherwise been perfectly fine.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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Around 10 individuals ran onto the court waving Palestinian flags, angering hundreds of attendees from the French Jewish community cheering for the Israeli team.—
Bradford Betz,
Fox News,
19 Dec. 2024
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With some true detective work, Flueger quickly discovers that pigeons are trying to claim squatter rights a bit too close higher up, angering the furry felines.—
Demetrius Patterson,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Oct. 2024
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What’s especially frustrating to people involved in ferret conservation is that funding and staff resources were already limited heading into 2025.—
Benji Jones,
Vox,
26 Feb. 2025
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Most welcomed this move, even if the timing was frustrating.—
Louis Staples,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Unfortunately for Gilpin, the script works this out in ways that make Sara seem less like an imperiled 19th-century woman on the run than an exasperating and dangerously clueless Karen.—
Mike Hale,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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From his point of view, Taka can make a legitimate case that a golden god like Mufasa is exasperating to be around — this stray has literally destroyed his pride.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Dec. 2024
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Cover irritating clothing seams with a smooth material such as silk to avoid abrasive irritation.—
Anna Giorgi,
Verywell Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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At Abercrombie & Fitch Packed with conditioning and hydrating castor oil, argan oil & coconut oil, this eyelash & brow growth serum will help promote the appearance of longer, fuller looking lashes and brows without the use of irritating or harmful ingredients.—
refinery29.com,
refinery29.com,
4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But unexpected allies and converts to the team’s cause appear, too: passengers awaiting a flight to Kabul, an American technology reporter, maybe even that annoying bakery owner.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
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The second week My usual redness around my cheeks had started to fade, and the annoying pimple that had been brewing on my cheek seemed to back off without its usual dramatic entrance.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
7 Mar. 2025
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February, on the contrary, was ludicrous, delivering a deluge of life-consuming experiences, from Civilization VII’s grand strategy soap opera to Kingdom Come: Deliverance II’s medieval RPG of beguiling, maddening detail.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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These Rangers have been maddening, uninspired, good at times — all over the map.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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My nose and mouth were full of blood, guts and a deep, upsetting warmth.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Therefore, when something upsetting happens, the children’s schedule still stays intact.—
Jann Blackstone,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Infuriating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infuriating. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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