Synonyms of incensed

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adjective

as in enraged

feeling or showing anger

incensed residents demanded that the police apprehend the punks who vandalized the cemetery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• enraged
• angry
• outraged
• infuriated
• angered
• indignant
• furious
• mad
• ballistic
• infuriate
• irate
• annoyed
• livid
• riled
• fuming
• apoplectic
• rabid
• passionate
• sore
• inflamed
• wrathful
• irritable
• wroth
• rankled
• hot under the collar
• hot
• choleric
• blue in the face
• in a huff
• steaming
• fit to be tied
• ireful
• in a pet
• hopping mad
• foaming
• bent out of shape
• exasperated
• shirty
• in a fume
• aggravated
• ticked
• roiled
• hopping
• cheesed off
• going crook
• seething
• resentful
• embittered
• horn-mad
• steamed up
• boiling
• vindictive
• ranting
• spiteful
• riley
• bristling
• teed off
• huffy
• vengeful
• virulent
• antagonistic
• vitriolic
• unpleasant
• cross
• perturbed
• acrimonious
• malevolent
• rancorous
• worked up
• wrought (up)
• burning
• antipathetic
• disagreeable
• petulant
• raving
• sulky
• inimical
• smoldering
• churlish
• peevish
• bristly
• acrid
• irascible
• sizzling
• belligerent
• fretful
• disapproving
• antisocial
• distant
• bitter
• unfriendly
• stormy
• snappish
• testy
• bilious
• cantankerous
• dyspeptic
• icy
• grumpy
• inflammable
• frigid
• piqued
• cold
• grouchy
• querulous
• touchy
• pugnacious
• ornery
• cranky
• ill-tempered
• quarrelsome
• crabby
• contrary
• contentious
• sorehead
• fussy
• argumentative
• disputatious
• ill-humored
• cool
• bearish
• quick-tempered
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• pleased
• accepting
• amenable
• agreeable
• accommodating
• happy
• friendly
• complaisant
• sympathetic
• satisfied
• cordial
• content
• amicable
• obliging
• tolerant
• angerless
• empathetic
• calm
• understanding
• pleasant
• amiable
• placid
• serene
• peaceable
• kind
• sweet
• good-natured
• tranquil
• affable
• pacific
• genial
• easygoing
• unembittered
• good-tempered

incensed

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verb (1)

past tense of incense

as in infuriated

to make angry

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• infuriated
• angered
• enraged
• outraged
• annoyed
• irritated
• riled
• offended
• rankled
• maddened
• inflamed
• roiled
• ired
• aggravated
• provoked
• steamed up
• ticked off
• exasperated
• affronted
• miffed
• peeved
• madded
• vexed
• nettled
• rubbed the wrong way
• huffed
• ruffled
• piqued
• crossed
• burned (up)
• got one's goat
• embittered
• antagonized
• got
• put out
• envenomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• delighted
• gratified
• relieved
• comforted
• consoled
• allayed
• soothed
• assuaged
• appeased
• mollified
• pacified
• calmed
• settled
• quieted
• lulled
• charmed
• placated
• captivated
• enchanted
• disarmed
• bewitched
• beguiled
• conciliated

incensed

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scented
• perfumed
• odorized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deodorized
• stank up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of incensed

Adjective

An incensed Johnson marched out of his office Friday afternoon. — Stephen Groves, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026

Once in the hands of the incensed and terrified Portuguese authorities, Amador was swiftly punished. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026

That morning, Barmore allegedly became incensed over the air conditioning being set at 70 degrees instead of 68 and again when his daughter wanted to visit him in his bedroom. — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025

House Democratic Leader Karen Camper, D-Memphis, became incensed. — Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 31 Oct. 2025

Songwriters are even more incensed, having to split their declining earnings with co-writers and taking a backseat to the producers and rights-holders who are out for their own pieces of the pie. — Roy Trakin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025

Verb

For over a week now, my editor and I have been incensed about the Dodgers — and not in a fun, baseball-loving way. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Maresca, his coaches and his players were incensed by the red card. — Sam Lee, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Then came the lapse in coverage that incensed Bowles and many others wearing creamsicle that night. — Nicolas Villamil, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

The duo's defiance paved the way for a resolution to condemn socialism, a key election-year messaging bill for the GOP that drew glaring defections among Democrats, many of whom were incensed at the turn of events. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

The smokejumpers ultimately kept their jobs, but the episode incensed the Alaska crew. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

The picketers, a constant presence outside the 70-year-old park, were particularly incensed about Lolita the orca, who died two years earlier after decades in captivity. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

According to new reporting by MPR News, police in the city of Winona, Minnesota are incensed after their entire fleet of Flock license plate readers went missing. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026

Eventually, the public became incensed that the queen hadn’t returned to Buckingham Palace, and also that there was no flag above the 775-room royal residence—particularly a flag at half-mast in honor of the princess’s passing. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 28 July 2026