as in enraged
feeling or showing anger
incensed residents demanded that the police apprehend the punks who vandalized the cemetery
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as in infuriated
to make angry
the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy
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Recent Examples of incensed
Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The case has incensed France and triggered what some see as the second wave of the #MeToo movement in France.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The case has incensed France and triggered what some see as the second wave of the #MeToo movement in France.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The case has incensed France and triggered what some see as the second wave of the #MeToo movement in France.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Verb
The case has incensed France and triggered what some see as the second wave of the #MeToo movement in France.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The case has incensed France and triggered what some see as the second wave of the #MeToo movement in France.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The case has incensed France and triggered what some see as the second wave of the #MeToo movement in France.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
The case has incensed France and triggered what some see as the second wave of the #MeToo movement in France.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Dozens of angry people later protested outside his home, incensed by false allegations of election fraud.
—Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incensed
Adjective
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One of her twisted arms is lopped off by an angry audience member and turns into a firehose of blood.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN,
27 Feb. 2025
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Trashing a guy’s car is nothing new among angry exes, but one Florida woman took it to an absurd level after having a little too much to drink, according to Florida investigators.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Tendrils of hypocrisy appear in 2025 over baseball’s continuing ban of Rose as sports leagues including MLB climb into bed with betting sportsbooks and reap millions from them, while simultaneously acting all aghast and indignant that a player of theirs might dip a toe in gambling.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
5 Mar. 2025
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The album’s a masterpiece of circulatory funk that works your body but whose indignant resignation and few hopeful embers also break your heart.—
Wesley Morris,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But the impact goes far beyond playful patriotism — Canadians are furious.—
Kaleigh Rogers,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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Mugler was furious, and the two didn’t speak for several years, eventually reconciling in the 1990s.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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While Nigerians are upset with economic conditions, most are not mad at Dangote.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
17 Feb. 2025
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Why, for instance, is the hot middle-aged dad, Eric (Scott Foley), so incredibly mad at his 20-something daughter, Olivia (Maia Reficco), for wanting to purchase a literal villa in Italy for the whopping price of one euro?—
Alissa Wilkinson,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This one, made from ballistic nylon, has a zippered entry to a padded laptop compartment, a padded mesh back panel, a key leash, plus pen holders and tons of other organizational features.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2025
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Russia has been launching waves of ballistic and cruise missiles towards Ukraine on regular basis, and been striking cities, energy infrastructure and civilian targets weekly.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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The two initiatives appeared to both panic and infuriate Kagame, who viewed them as part of a joint attempt by Tshisekedi and Museveni to sideline him economically and strategically.—
Michela Wrong,
Foreign Affairs,
13 Apr. 2023
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“Incensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incensed. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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