Synonyms of incensing

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adjective

as in infuriating

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriating
• provoking
• inflammatory
• aggravating
• engaging
• provocative
• irritating
• annoying
• exasperating
• irksome
• frustrating
• maddening
• offensive
• vexing
• riling
• nagging
• abrasive
• antagonistic
• galling
• nettling
• rankling
• hostile
• chafing
• nettlesome
• inhospitable
• antagonizing
• antipathetic
• inimical
• combative
• confrontational
• belligerent
• bellicose
• unfriendly
• pugnacious
• warlike
• military
• agonistic
• unsympathetic
• aggressive
• militaristic
• quarrelsome
• assertive
• militant
• contentious
• truculent
• martial
• argumentative
• scrappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conciliatory
• propitiatory
• disarming
• placatory
• pacific
• winning
• ingratiating
• appeasing
• endearing
• mollifying
• placating
• pacifying
• conciliating
• peacemaking
• winsome
• peaceable
• peaceful

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noun

as in indignation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• indignation
• ire
• outrage
• wrath
• hostility
• fury
• animosity
• spleen
• infuriation
• aggravation
• rage
• furor
• antipathy
• rancor
• disenchantment
• disillusionment
• bitterness
• divorce
• jaundice
• rupture
• split
• antagonism
• breakup
• schism
• rift
• breach
• alienation
• separation
• disaffection
• embitterment
• souring
• estrangement
• envenoming
• disgruntlement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reconciliation
• reconcilement
• endearment
• conciliation
• pacification
• propitiation
• ingratiation
• appeasement
• mollification

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verb (1)

present participle of incense

as in angering

to make angry

the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angering
• infuriating
• enraging
• outraging
• annoying
• irritating
• enflaming
• inflaming
• riling
• offending
• rankling
• maddening
• roiling
• iring
• madding
• aggravating
• provoking
• ticking off
• steaming up
• affronting
• nettling
• exasperating
• crossing
• antagonizing
• ruffling
• rubbing the wrong way
• burning (up)
• huffing
• vexing
• miffing
• getting one's goat
• embittering
• getting
• peeving
• piquing
• putting out
• envenoming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gratifying
• pleasing
• relieving
• delighting
• comforting
• allaying
• soothing
• consoling
• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• assuaging
• settling
• quieting
• calming
• conciliating
• charming
• disarming
• captivating
• mollifying
• bewitching
• enchanting
• lulling
• beguiling

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verb (2)

present participle of incense

as in scenting

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scenting
• perfuming
• odorizing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deodorizing
• stinking up