Enraged

How to spell enraged

7 letters · 2 syllables

How to pronounce enraged

Say the part in capitals loudest.

What does enraged mean?

1. adjectiveFilled with intense, furious anger.

Enraged in a sentence

• The enraged customer demanded a full refund at the counter.

• Commuters were enraged by yet another cancelled train.

Where does enraged come from?

Language of origin: French

This word descends from the verb 'enrage', which English borrowed from the Old French 'enrager', meaning 'to be in a fury' or 'to drive someone mad'. That French verb combined the prefix 'en-', meaning 'to put into', with 'rage', the noun for violent fury. The 'rage' element traces all the way back to the Latin 'rabies', which literally meant 'madness' or 'raving', and which is also the direct ancestor of the modern disease name 'rabies', once associated with the frenzied behaviour of infected animals. English took on 'enrage' in the late 1400s, and the form 'enraged' arose as its past participle, soon settling into use as an adjective describing someone consumed by anger. The single 'r' and the soft 'g' (sounding like a 'j') are the usual spelling pitfalls, both inherited intact from the French original.

How the word is built

• en- (to put into a state of)
• rage (violent anger)
• -ed (past participle / adjective suffix)