infuriate

Such programming disputes can lead to blackouts that infuriate customers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2026

Cherki seems to delight and infuriate in equal measure.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2026

“He could infuriate you in such wonderful ways,” Ms. Serpell quotes her subject remarking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

For example, if you start calling a loved one on your commute home to work, the time spent in traffic that used to infuriate you may instead become a source of joy.

From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025

On top of everything else, I had apparently managed to infuriate Master Elodin to such an extent that he had thrown me off the roof of the Crockery.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

“It infuriates her. It doesn’t make me mad. I feel very fortunate that I can make time during the day and do these things.”

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026

He first alarms Dickens by attempting to kiss him and then infuriates him by harvesting geraniums from the garden.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

The thing that infuriates me most is he is trying to leave on a free and Liverpool get nothing in return.

From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2025

But the situation is “out of control,” and that infuriates her because families who live in small apartments with no outdoor space have been frightened away from their park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024

“He often infuriates me, but he’s old. I’ve been taught to revere and obey such people. It’s just...built in.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

That infuriated Angels fans, of course, since their team has baseball’s longest playoff drought — 12 years, counting this one.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026

When former President Barack Obama once compared Putin’s slouch and body language to “the bored kid in the back of the classroom,” the comment infuriated him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

England have both thrilled and infuriated under the pair with a playing style and approach to the game that has divided fans and pundits alike.

From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026

The dispute erupted in February after Anthropic infuriated Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth by insisting its technology should not be used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons systems.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

It was not the thought of the power that Vincent had over him that infuriated him, but the recklessness with which Vincent had exercised it.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

If you've sent off dozens of job applications and heard nothing back, the silence can be as infuriating as a rejection.

From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026

“It’s exploitative and frankly disrespectful and infuriating that that is kind of a last-ditch effort to suggest to my community ... that they’ve been wrong the whole time,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

The infuriating design of LAX -- the main airport in America's second biggest city -- is almost legendary.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

And though she feared retaliation from the Sacklers — who have all the money in the world to not only pursue retribution but bury their misdeeds — the cause was too important, and too infuriating.

From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026

The old crowd was about a dozen men and women, who, for some strange and infuriating reason, would not move on.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny