as in infuriates
to make angry
it's virtually impossible to anger Mrs. Peterson—she's the most easygoing person I've ever known
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Recent Examples of angers
What angers me is thinking about what could have been.
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Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
Kirk assassination angers and unsettles leaders, residents The assassination of Kirk, which happened in front of hundreds of people and was captured on video and widely circulated on social media, has in particular rattled the nation and drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum.
—Mark Vancleave, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
Silence only angers the other, and exacerbates their criticism and contempt.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Season 2 picks up after Kimmie marries businessman Horace Bellarie, inheriting a new sense of power that angers her in-laws, Netflix said in its release.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
After being told that Dawn is dead, Gaal mocks Demerzel for pretending to grieve, which angers the robot.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Fans have labeled the Longhorns’ quarterback as a Heisman Trophy candidate, which angers his grandfather.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for angers
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Unfortunately, Ashur’s idea to achieve this goal infuriates everyone.—
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Investigative reporting is bad enough; often what really infuriates him is jokes.—
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This enrages Rebecca, who demands half his new salary, and the pair engage in a battle for control.—
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While this violation enrages the village’s women, the men who make up the Panchayat (village council) try and fail to cast her out of town.—
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One of its two young sibling protagonists, Amber (Bianca Belle), channels her feelings about the recent death of her mother into drawings of creatures born out of her troubled imagination, some of whom enact violence against the classmate who annoys her.—
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There's just one thing about Claire Danes that annoys Matthew Rhys.—
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In other words, alcohol disrupts hydration, irritates the gut, inflames blood vessels, messes with sleep, and forces your liver into metabolic overdrive.—
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Without this process, the air would be colder and drier, which irritates and constricts the airways and can lead to inflammation.—
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“Angers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/angers. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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