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as in angering
to make angry
the quarterback's stupid mistake infuriated the coach
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Recent Examples of infuriating
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
The most infuriating part of watching Holmes be treated with the dignity Black folks rarely receive was watching Neely be vilified on the same timeline, knowing that there are no second chances for the countless Black people judged on sight as abnormal.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
The most infuriating — and scariest — thing about the beatdown of Nichols is how rote the brutality seems.
—Paul Butler, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
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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
The most infuriating part of watching Holmes be treated with the dignity Black folks rarely receive was watching Neely be vilified on the same timeline, knowing that there are no second chances for the countless Black people judged on sight as abnormal.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
The most infuriating — and scariest — thing about the beatdown of Nichols is how rote the brutality seems.
—Paul Butler, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infuriating
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The problem is particularly troublesome in areas of the country without doctors, nurses, midwives or medical centers specializing in maternity care.Erika Edwards, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The big issue was that getting to those hard-to-reach areas was troublesome.Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2024
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This is exemplified by the ways in which people were tying themselves in knots to appropriately grieve Payne’s death without angering anyone critical of his alleged behavior.Lucy Ford, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
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The new plan would do away with two of those lanes, angering some motorists and bus operators.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2024
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Kody quickly came to Robyn’s defense, further frustrating Janelle.Liza Esquibias, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
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Not all of these ideas will pan out, but if any do, the next few years could bring an inflection point in treating some of the most frustrating and intractable diseases of our modern era.Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Doing so at this time can be exasperating for human software engineers.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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The entire mindset of the complaint is exasperating to UCLA education professor Tyrone Howard.Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
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The ingredient releases gradually overnight to restore elasticity, even out the skin tone, and minimize the appearance of wrinkles without irritating the skin.Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
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Experts recommend looking for ingredients that are gentle yet effective—and avoiding harsh chemicals (like sulfates and parabens), heavy fragrances (like synthetic fragrances), or overly abrasive particles, since these things can all be irritating to the scalp.Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 3 Oct. 2024
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But more recently there have been other issues, such as one that is highly annoying: vanishing data in the Apple Notes app.David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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But there is one item on her bucket list that has been annoying elusive.Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2024
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This is a maddening way to end a season that has taken great pains to explain what is going on to its detriment!James Grebey, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Because the debate between the U.S. Senate candidates in Arizona, Democrat Ruben Gallego and Republican Kari Lake, should be contentious and maybe entertaining and probably maddening.Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2024
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Balance upsetting coverage with good news, stories of progress, and examples of people who have gone through tragedy and made it to the other side.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Dye notes that the upsetting details of the case in the quiet Mississippi beach town have had reverberating effects on the small seaside community.Emily Palmer, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Infuriating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infuriating. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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