APOPLECTIC Synonyms: 161 Similar and Opposite Words

apoplectic

adjective

ˌa-pə-ˈplek-tik

Definition of apoplectic

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 The mood in Black communities was apoplectic. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 There is Knight's smarmy (and later apoplectic) Smails, of course, pitted against wisecracking new-money interloper Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield). — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 18 June 2026 The Duchess shrugged it off, but William was reportedly apoplectic. — Christopher Andersen, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026 For example, some of the New York Mets writers were apoplectic when the Rockies swept the Mets in Queens over the weekend. — Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for apoplectic

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Adjective

Legend has it that sad fates befell those who made her angry and happy ones those who were kind to her.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
Meanwhile, angry residents continue to flood once-sleepy municipal board meetings, pressuring officials to reject data center proposals.

— Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of angry

Adjective

His tone was reminiscent of the indignant woman in Yamaska who’d unloaded on me while walking her dog.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026
The same people who were indignant over Hunter Biden have turned a blind eye to the conflicts of interest rife in this administration.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of indignant

Adjective

And not just any velociraptor, but the enraged dinosaur that pushed franchise champion Rachel Reilly into a volcano, thereby burning the reality TV icon to a crisp in a sea of lava.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2026
Imagine the ripe smell of swamp-wet dogs, the acrid stench of overheated, enraged bear, the slippery warm blood of pack members already lost; the simply insufferable noise and confusion in that dank little hole.

— Paul Schullery, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of enraged

Adjective

Before long there were three squad cars with lights flashing parked in the drive, with a furious Grandpa Joe trying to sort out the trouble.

— Kerry Kennedy, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
The conflicts are raw and unresolved, and Churchill forces theatergoers to make up their own minds about the characters’ furious dialect.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of furious

Adjective

The bar has been sparsely attended on what would normally be busy Saturday nights as some angered customers have called for a boycott, according to The Boston Globe.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of angered

Adjective

Richard Dawkins, the British evolutionary theorist and author of the groundbreaking best seller The Selfish Gene (1976), among many other books, appears to have gone a bit mad.

— James Gleick, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2026
Mel Brooks’ comedy The Producers also took a poke at that mad man with Springtime for Hitler.

— Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of mad

Adjective

The single-seat aircraft weighs about 253 pounds with batteries and includes a ballistic parachute and an automatic landing function.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The Patriot air-defense system is designed to protect military installations, troops and other critical infrastructure from incoming ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as hostile aircraft.

— James LaPorta, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of ballistic

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