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as in enraged
feeling or showing anger incensed residents demanded that the police apprehend the punks who vandalized the cemetery

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verb (1)

past tense of incense

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verb (2)

past tense of incense
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
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Those on the right flank were incensed that the budget resolution included a lower spending cut minimum for Senate committees compared to House panels — concerned that the upper chamber would reign supreme. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025 This came after Longoria claimed Marseille were the victims of corruption following their 3-0 defeat by Auxerre on February 22, where he was incensed by referee Jeremy Stinat’s decision to show a second yellow card to defender Derek Cornelius. Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 Those on the right flank were incensed that the budget resolution included a lower spending cut minimum for Senate committees compared to House panels — concerned that the upper chamber would reign supreme. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 10 Apr. 2025 This came after Longoria claimed Marseille were the victims of corruption following their 3-0 defeat by Auxerre on February 22, where he was incensed by referee Jeremy Stinat’s decision to show a second yellow card to defender Derek Cornelius. Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 The House conservatives, however, were incensed that the Senate’s framework included different spending cut minimums for each chamber. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025 The House conservatives, however, were incensed that the Senate’s framework included different spending cut minimums for each chamber. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025 First, those on the right flank are incensed that the budget resolution includes different spending cut minimums for each chamber. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025 First, those on the right flank are incensed that the budget resolution includes different spending cut minimums for each chamber. Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for incensed
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  • Without Flagg, asking angry fans for more money may have sent Welts back into another round of retirement.
    Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2025
  • Republican lawmakers were also angry when the Southern Association warned that a 2021 presidential search at Florida State University may violate accrediting standards.
    Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2025
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  • In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
    JENNIFER LIND, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • Facing this deluge of information and personalities, Kelley’s Fact Checker is less indignant and sure-footed than Fingal, and in this uncertainty takes an important next step.
    Isabel Clara Ruehl June 16, Literary Hub, 16 June 2025
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  • But the Thunder weathered the Pacers’ furious comeback bid on Monday, with Jalen Williams scoring 11 of his game-high 40 points in the fourth.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
  • More: 'Unhinged': Democrats are furious Sen. Alex Padilla was hauled out of Noem briefing Noem’s agency oversees Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, which had been carrying out raids in Los Angeles.
    Riley Beggin, USA Today, 18 June 2025
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  • In the ’60s, my grandma came straight to Los Angeles from Mississippi with mad kids.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 27 June 2025
  • Sit down in Geneva or Vienna or Qatar and fully and permanently surrender this mad nightmare to acquire nukes, or face more of the same devastation.
    New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 26 June 2025
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  • Unsurprisingly, Russia and China have been the starkest foreign detractors of Golden Dome, which sets out to defend the vast spread of the U.S. homeland from ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles through a web of satellites, sensors and interceptors.
    Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 20 June 2025
  • At the time of his arrest, Diaz was wearing a ballistic vest and a gas mask.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
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  • Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025

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