Choose the synonym of the word INFURIATE from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → incense
Infuriate means to make someone extremely angry. Its synonym is incense.
Example: His rude reply infuriated the teacher.
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| (1) dissect | to cut up a body or plant to study it, or to examine something in detail (it has nothing to do with anger) | The students dissected a frog in the biology lab. |
| (2) divest | to take something away from someone, or to get rid of something one owns | The company divested itself of its loss-making units. |
| (3) incense (answer) | (as a verb, stressed in-CENSE) to make someone very angry (both verbs mean making a person furious, and as a noun, IN-cense is a substance burnt for its sweet smell) | The villagers were incensed by the new tax. |
| (4) conscript | to force someone by law to join the armed forces | Young men were conscripted into the army during the war. |
| Synonyms of infuriate: incense, enrage, anger, madden Antonyms of infuriate: calm, pacify, soothe, placate Also asked in CUET (UG): infuriate – 18-05-2026 Slot 1 divest – 23-05-2025 Slot 1 |