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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Most of the time, Superman is depressed or angry or getting beat to a pulp or having cans thrown at him or getting arrested.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Others were frustrated—some even outright angry—that the Commission fell short of declaring all forms of obesity a disease and instead recommended a more nuanced clinical diagnosis.—
Francesco Rubino,
Time,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.—
Aamer Madhani,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel.—
JENNIFER LIND,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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Lansing, the first woman to lead a Hollywood studio, was furious.—
Michael Grynbaum,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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As a result of their negligence, a little boy who lives in the Flats dies, and Sodality is furious.—
Deborah Williams
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Later in the film, François Arnaud plays a dreamy/nightmare client, matching her gentleness with mad intensity, while giving their scenes together a charge that carries the film into its frenzied conclusion with bold poise.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Even if its repetitive verbiage drove parents a little mad?—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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During the early morning hours of July 3, Griffin shot his partner Victoria Truss, 34, and two others, including a Shorewood police officer who was struck in his ballistic vest and treated and released from the hospital later in the day, according to a July 4 MAIT news release.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also was televised in a ballistic vest joining 90 ICE officers in an operation that targeted immigrants with criminal records in New York City but also netted several without criminal histories, according to CBS News, which embedded in the raid.—
Daniel Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 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 21 Jul. 2025.
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