enraged

adj — 2 senses

enraged

adj

CA, US, UK /ɛnˈɹeɪ̯d͡ʒd/ · AU, NZ /ɛnˈɹeɪ̯d͡ʒd/

Etymology Inherited from Middle English [Term?]. By surface analysis, enrage + -ed.

1

Angered, made furious, made full of rage.

  • an enraged judge
  • he was enraged
2 more examples
  • Supported by an enraged and desperate public, this new alliance set out to achieve two goals.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:enraged.
2

Obsolete Insane, mad.

  • Of thirty bare yeares haue I twice twenty bin enraged, & of forty bin three tymes fifteene in durance soundlie caged, On yͤ lordlie loftes of Bedlam with stubble softe & dainty, braue braceletts Strong, sweet whips ding dong with wholesome hunger plentyc. 1620, anonymous, “Tom o’ Bedlam’s Song” in Giles Earle his Booke (British Museum, Additional MSS. 24, 665)
Derived terms
enragedly, unenraged

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