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Synonyms & Antonyms of incensed
(Entry 1 of 3)
feeling or showing anger
- incensed residents demanded that the police apprehend the punks who vandalized the cemetery
Synonyms for incensed
- angered,
- angry,
- apoplectic,
- ballistic,
- cheesed off
- [chiefly British],
- choleric,
- enraged,
- foaming,
- fuming,
- furious,
- hopping,
- horn-mad,
- hot,
- indignant,
- inflamed
- (also enflamed),
- infuriate,
- infuriated,
- irate,
- ireful,
- livid,
- mad,
- outraged,
- rabid,
- rankled,
- riled,
- riley,
- roiled,
- shirty
- [chiefly British],
- sore,
- steamed up,
- steaming,
- teed off,
- ticked,
- wrathful,
- wroth
Words Related to incensed
- boiling,
- bristling,
- bristly,
- burning,
- cross,
- huffy,
- passionate,
- seething,
- sizzling,
- smoldering
- (or smouldering),
- worked up,
- wrought (up)
- acrid,
- acrimonious,
- antagonistic,
- antipathetic,
- bitter,
- embittered,
- inimical,
- malevolent,
- piqued,
- rancorous,
- resentful,
- spiteful,
- vengeful,
- vindictive,
- virulent,
- vitriolic
- antisocial,
- cold,
- cool,
- disagreeable,
- disapproving,
- distant,
- frigid,
- icy,
- ill-tempered,
- sorehead
- (or soreheaded),
- sulky,
- unfriendly,
- unpleasant
Phrases Synonymous with incensed
- bent out of shape,
- blue in the face,
- fit to be tied,
- going crook
- [Australian & New Zealand],
- hopping mad,
- hot under the collar,
- in a fume,
- in a huff,
- in a pet
Near Antonyms for incensed
Antonyms for incensed
incensed
verb (1)past tense of incense
Synonyms & Antonyms of incensed (Entry 2 of 3)
to make angry
- the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy
Synonyms for incensed
- angered,
- enraged,
- inflamed
- (also enflamed),
- infuriated,
- ired,
- madded,
- maddened,
- outraged,
- rankled,
- riled,
- roiled,
- steamed up,
- ticked off
Words Related to incensed
- affronted,
- aggravated,
- annoyed,
- burned (up)
- (or burnt (up)),
- crossed,
- exasperated,
- got,
- huffed,
- irritated,
- miffed,
- nettled,
- offended,
- peeved,
- piqued,
- provoked,
- put out,
- ruffled,
- vexed
- (also vext)
Phrases Synonymous with incensed
Near Antonyms for incensed
Antonyms for incensed
incensed
verb (2)past tense of incense
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