to incense
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6.1
- verb
- /ˈɪnˌsɛns/
- Formal
:
enfurecer
- The first arrests were all Puerto Rican, and this incensed the already angry rioters.
- particularly incensed
- so incensed
You know, And the Stoics talk about this all the time, you know, like we would, you would be incensed if one of your neighbors encroached onto your physical property.
- You know, And the Stoics talk about this all the time, you know, like we would, you would be incensed if one of your neighbors encroached onto your physical property.
- And it, it, that it incenses me on those terms, you know, just to, you know, my, my mom stayed home with us.
Examples
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"Why would that scum be going to a movie?" Kate whispered, sounding more incensed than ever.
Fiction book (1995) -
I reflected on her comment, and I became more incensed as the insult became clearer to me.
Fiction book (1994) -
Take issue with the media here because it incenses me how they write about you.
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- The people are incensed against him.
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Elizabeth was incensed and tried to channel her anger by walking around the library.
Fiction book (2001) -
But he was also incensed that Bolivian culture was taking second place to the needs of foreign powers.
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The Christians, for their part, were incensed at the book's portrayal of Jesus as a family man.
Academic text (2009) -
Hard-liners in the government, incensed by my office's criticisms, immediately called for my ouster.
Academic text (2008) -
The degree of vandalism and violence witnessed in the incidents shocked the AK Party government and incensed the Turkish people.
Academic text (2017) -
The unfair criticism incensed him, leading him to confront his coworkers about their comments.
Synonyms
114
1.0
To make someone very upset or annoyed
68
3.7
To make someone very angry
46
5.0
Make someone very angry
7
5.9
Make someone very annoyed by doing the same thing again and again
Antonyms
Compounds
How Angry
- Formal
20
6.1
246
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Incense meaning 'to make very angry' also comes from Latin incendere 'to set on fire', so you can think of it as 'lighting a fire' of anger inside someone, which is why it means to make them very angry.