as in angry
feeling or showing anger
the coach was so apoplectic when the player missed the free throw that he threw his clipboard onto the court
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Recent Examples of apoplectic
For example, some of the New York Mets writers were apoplectic when the Rockies swept the Mets in Queens over the weekend.
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Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2026
The impact of the strait’s closure on financial markets has caused the global economy to wobble, and the president turned apoplectic as his popularity sank amid Iran’s closure of the waterway.
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Michael Loria,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2026
Anyone apoplectic about the reactionary policies coming out of Washington should rest assured that Connecticut’s legislature is hard at work to balance the scales.
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Letters To The Editor,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
Their anger was near-apoplectic.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for apoplectic
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
29 Apr. 2026
The impact of the strait’s closure on financial markets has caused the global economy to wobble, and the president turned apoplectic as his popularity sank amid Iran’s closure of the waterway.
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Michael Loria,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2026
Anyone apoplectic about the reactionary policies coming out of Washington should rest assured that Connecticut’s legislature is hard at work to balance the scales.
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Letters To The Editor,
Hartford Courant,
23 Mar. 2026
Their anger was near-apoplectic.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apoplectic
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The Commission ultimately left it at 400 feet, prompting an intense reaction from the angry crowd.
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Some of the women who were angry contacted the SFMOMA not simply to share feedback, but to try to ensure Bahr could never work with the institution again.
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The book-club members roundly disliked it, indignant that the character was being driven mad by perimenopause, as if hormone-replacement therapy didn’t exist.
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Judge Timothy Mazzei asked him Wednesday in a loud, indignant voice.
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Rob-Will’s enraged face as Beulah told him what the situation actually is was pretty amazing.
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Massive, lumpy-looking hippos, who prefer to wallow or swim slowly in water pools, lakes, and rivers can run as fast as 25 km/h (about 70 meters in 10 seconds), a respectable sprinting speed not to be matched by most adults trying to outrun an enraged animal.
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Baffled rather than outraged, curious Kaho tries to uncover the meaning of his words.
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Since construction at the Eagle Rock site — so nicknamed after a decrepit colonnade — first stalled in 2008, the only thing that accumulated faster than the garbage and graffiti were the epithets from outraged community members.
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There was a furious campaign in India, led by the public, the media, and politicians, demanding revenge.
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There are no rookies likely to get that kind of prominence on this year’s Oilers team, but there are young players who will get noticed due to furious forechecking.
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Police said the two male juveniles became angered when the other three would not take them to buy marijuana.
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Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.
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Or that Penélope Cruz’s sultry chilliness would jibe with either her male counterparts or Wilde’s diary-of-a-mad-housewife interpretation of a brittle, eager-to-impress woman brimming with creative frustration.
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Are Nationals fans still mad at Bryce Harper for leaving?
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That is why comparing ballistic and cruise missiles is not just about asking which one is more powerful.
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Buss was hit in his arm and his ballistic vest likely saved his life.
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“Apoplectic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apoplectic. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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