inviperire
to become furious
verb een-vee-peh-REE-reh Rare
Origin: From vipera (viper) — to become viper-like in anger.
Also means
to flare up in anger
Usage Note
Inviperire is mostly used reflexively — inviperirsi — for becoming as enraged as a viper. It conjugates like a regular -ire verb with the -isc- infix (mi inviperisco). It belongs to informal, colloquial registers.
Examples
"Si è inviperita per niente."
Natural Translation
She flew into a rage over nothing.
Literal Translation
Herself is enraged for nothing.
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