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
Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
This came after Longoria claimed Marseille were the victims of corruption following their 3-0 defeat by Auxerre on February 22, where he was incensed by referee Jeremy Stinat’s decision to show a second yellow card to defender Derek Cornelius.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Those on the right flank were incensed that the budget resolution included a lower spending cut minimum for Senate committees compared to House panels — concerned that the upper chamber would reign supreme.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
This came after Longoria claimed Marseille were the victims of corruption following their 3-0 defeat by Auxerre on February 22, where he was incensed by referee Jeremy Stinat’s decision to show a second yellow card to defender Derek Cornelius.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The House conservatives, however, were incensed that the Senate’s framework included different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
The House conservatives, however, were incensed that the Senate’s framework included different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
First, those on the right flank are incensed that the budget resolution includes different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
First, those on the right flank are incensed that the budget resolution includes different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
Those on the right flank were incensed that the budget resolution included a lower spending cut minimum for Senate committees compared to House panels — concerned that the upper chamber would reign supreme.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
This came after Longoria claimed Marseille were the victims of corruption following their 3-0 defeat by Auxerre on February 22, where he was incensed by referee Jeremy Stinat’s decision to show a second yellow card to defender Derek Cornelius.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Those on the right flank were incensed that the budget resolution included a lower spending cut minimum for Senate committees compared to House panels — concerned that the upper chamber would reign supreme.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025
This came after Longoria claimed Marseille were the victims of corruption following their 3-0 defeat by Auxerre on February 22, where he was incensed by referee Jeremy Stinat’s decision to show a second yellow card to defender Derek Cornelius.
—Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
The House conservatives, however, were incensed that the Senate’s framework included different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
The House conservatives, however, were incensed that the Senate’s framework included different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
First, those on the right flank are incensed that the budget resolution includes different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
First, those on the right flank are incensed that the budget resolution includes different spending cut minimums for each chamber.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incensed
Adjective
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Freed of her caring duties, angry and uncertain about her future Karl gets on a Greyhound bus and heads to Las Vegas where Jean is working as a waitress at the El Cortez.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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The family defended themselves against an angry mob of hundreds of people who surrounded the house, throwing rocks and threatening the family, Duggan said.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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But Hunter speaks with the indignant passion of someone who made nearly $1.5 million selling his art during his father’s campaign and the early years of his administration.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Lina, however, was furious, accusing her sister-in-law of ruining the video and sabotaging her work.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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The president is furious that Alina Habba, formerly one of his personal defense attorneys who was appointed to be U.S. attorney in New Jersey, came to the end of a temporary role, according to a federal judge.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Still, this is evanescent stuff, hardly weighty enough to get mad about with respect to the aforementioned problematic areas.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Aug. 2025
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Things become considerably more volatile when the actual shoot begins and Coppola’s Willy Wonka-like charm — as Plaza describes it — is put to the test by the demands of realizing his mad vision once and for all.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Even as Trump touted his plan for peace talks, Russia on Thursday launched one of its biggest aerial assaults so far this year, focusing on western Ukraine in the barrage of 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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The rest of the attack involved ballistic or cruise missiles.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher
John Feng,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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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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“Incensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incensed. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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