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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
incensed
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Colonel Monroe became incensed when two of the junior officers did not treat him with respect.
▪ Perry was incensed by the committee's recommendations.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In her incensed whisper she called me names I didn't understand.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Incensed

Incense \In*cense"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing.] [L. incensus, p. p. of incendere; pref. in- in + root of candere to glow. See Candle.]

  1. To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn. [Obs.]

    Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labor to incense Thy glorious heap of funeral.
    --Chapman.

  2. To inflame with anger; to enrage; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.

    The people are incensed him.
    --Shak.

    Syn: To enrage; exasperate; provoke; anger; irritate; heat; fire; instigate.

Incensed

Incense \In"cense\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Incensed; p. pr. & vb. n. Incensing.] [LL. incensare: cf. F. encenser. See Incense, n.]

  1. To offer incense to. See Incense. [Obs.]
    --Chaucer.

  2. To perfume with, or as with, incense. ``Incensed with wanton sweets.''
    --Marston.

Incensed

Incensed \In*censed"\, a.

  1. Angered; enraged.

  2. (Her.) Represented as enraged, as any wild creature depicted with fire issuing from mouth and eyes.

Wiktionary
incensed

  1. enraged; infuriate; spitefully or furiously angry. v

  2. (en-past of: incense)

WordNet
incensed

adj. angered at something unjust or wrong; "an indignant denial"; "incensed at the judges' unfairness"; "a look of outraged disbelief"; "umbrageous at the loss of their territory" [syn: indignant, outraged, umbrageous]