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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as in scented
to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance
the gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences
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Recent Examples of incensed
Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
House Democratic Leader Karen Camper, D-Memphis, became incensed.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 31 Oct. 2025
Songwriters are even more incensed, having to split their declining earnings with co-writers and taking a backseat to the producers and rights-holders who are out for their own pieces of the pie.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
In 2018, Red Bull’s Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen was left incensed with Force India’s Esteban Ocon after the pair came together on lap 44 of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Diabate got incensed again and stormed toward Duren just in front of the crowd opposite the Hornets’ bench, leading to Hornets head of security Tony Datcher trying to hold Diabate back.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Democrats were incensed after Pretti’s killing and demanded that one of the six remaining funding bills, for DHS and its associated agencies, be stripped from the package passed by the House.
—Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Given that as many as a hundred thousand people escaped slavery and found refuge in free states in the nineteenth century, fugitives represented a population residing illegally within largely sympathetic communities—a fact that incensed hard-liners on the slavery issue.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
They were particularly incensed she was being freed while Paul Whelan, a Marine veteran also imprisoned at the time, was not, even though as the film makes clear, Griner went out of her way in her letter to Biden from prison to ask for Whelan’s and others’ release too.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Protesters were further incensed on Wednesday evening when ICE agents in Minneapolis shot a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg during an attempted arrest.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Jan. 2026
Bardot’s cold and distant mother was incensed.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
Adjective
That morning, Barmore allegedly became incensed over the air conditioning being set at 70 degrees instead of 68 and again when his daughter wanted to visit him in his bedroom.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025
House Democratic Leader Karen Camper, D-Memphis, became incensed.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 31 Oct. 2025
Songwriters are even more incensed, having to split their declining earnings with co-writers and taking a backseat to the producers and rights-holders who are out for their own pieces of the pie.
—Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
Far-right commentators were predictably incensed by Carton’s decision to call things off with the more politically ambivalent Ben Mezzenga.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 12 Feb. 2026
In 2018, Red Bull’s Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen was left incensed with Force India’s Esteban Ocon after the pair came together on lap 44 of the Brazilian Grand Prix.
—Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
Diabate got incensed again and stormed toward Duren just in front of the crowd opposite the Hornets’ bench, leading to Hornets head of security Tony Datcher trying to hold Diabate back.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
Democrats were incensed after Pretti’s killing and demanded that one of the six remaining funding bills, for DHS and its associated agencies, be stripped from the package passed by the House.
—Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
Given that as many as a hundred thousand people escaped slavery and found refuge in free states in the nineteenth century, fugitives represented a population residing illegally within largely sympathetic communities—a fact that incensed hard-liners on the slavery issue.
—Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2026
They were particularly incensed she was being freed while Paul Whelan, a Marine veteran also imprisoned at the time, was not, even though as the film makes clear, Griner went out of her way in her letter to Biden from prison to ask for Whelan’s and others’ release too.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026
Protesters were further incensed on Wednesday evening when ICE agents in Minneapolis shot a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg during an attempted arrest.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 15 Jan. 2026
Bardot’s cold and distant mother was incensed.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incensed
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However, her direct and outspoken approach has also led to controversy, with enraged officials in Honduras once wanting to declare her persona non grata.—
Yamlek Mojica Loaisiga,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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And why did that treatment — at least initially — leave Zverev so enraged?—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, members of Congress are likely to face some angry, dissatisfied voters — with the year’s first major primary day fast approaching on March 3.—
Marissa Martinez,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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But the attempt at humor didn’t satisfy some angry fans who believe Mets President David Stearns swindled Getz in a trade that essentially was a salary dump.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Feb. 2026
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The Donald would be outraged, not pleased.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
8 Feb. 2026
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Of course any right-thinking person is offended and outraged.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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Police said the two male juveniles became angered when the other three would not take them to buy marijuana.—
Carlos E. Castañeda,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
15 Aug. 2025
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Depictions of such raw humanity have the capacity to shape us into more compassionate community members, more thoughtful voters and more indignant seekers of justice.—
Anya Sesay,
jsonline.com,
5 Feb. 2026
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By documenting not just his actions but showing the privilege his race, religion and background afford him in comparison to his colleagues, the film reveals the inherent inequality in whose stories get told, and who’s allowed to be angry, indignant and morally correct.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
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Saturday evening, police released a photo of Haile Cummings, 34, who is being sought in connection with the furious shoot-out inside Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Ave.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
8 Feb. 2026
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That may not be enough to stop furious lawmakers trying to eject the prime minister from office over his failure of judgment.—
Jill Lawless,
Fortune,
7 Feb. 2026
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The Department of Homeland Security is slinging money around like mad.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
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Bugatti is marking the 20th birthday of its extraordinary Veyron with a special-edition hypercar that pays tribute to the 'mad genius' who designed it, Ferdinand Karl Piëch.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
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And many people are gonna go ballistic in Brazil.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
10 Feb. 2026
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Police said officers shot the suspect and his grandmother during the gunfight, and that the suspect also hit one officer in the ballistic vest.—
Chase Rogers,
Dallas Morning News,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Incensed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incensed. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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