Incensed
adj, verb
adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of incense form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
"Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday."
- 2 Emitting fire from its mouth, often its ears, and sometimes elsewhere.
"[…] between two lions passant azure, incensed gules, three besants;[…]"
Adjective
- 1 angered at something unjust or wrong wordnet
Example
More examples"She was somehow incensed against me."
Etymology
See incense.
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