Synonyms of incensing

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adjective

as in provoking

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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incensing

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noun

as in indignation

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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incensing

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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incensing

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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
• odorizing
• perfuming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• deodorizing
• stinking up

• deodorizing
• stinking up