SET (AGAINST) Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

set (against)

verb

Definition of set (against)

as in to anger

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But others, particularly in Missouri, have been concerned and angered to see that their bills will soon go up, the second price hike for this year.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026
Some like Bowdon are angered that Kennedy has yet to ban mRNA vaccines.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of anger

Verb

At the Goss residence, no one seems aware that Clive has disappeared down some gnarly internet rabbit holes, spending his nights on the couch, estranged from his wife, Marie (Pooky Quesnel), watching bombings and car crashes.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2026
Brooke and Hulk had been estranged at the time of his July 2025 death at that very home from a heart attack.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of estrange

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But in Collins, the GOP in Georgia nominated a candidate whose personal baggage alienated independents and some Republican-leaning voters.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026
The executive decisions that have defined his second administration were like something cooked up in #Resistance laboratories to alienate the vast majority of Americans from his political project.

— Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of alienate

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This thrilled hardcore Journey fans, but enraged the other members of the group.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2026
After the release of the Pentagon Papers, which was a secret history of the Vietnam War compiled by figures in the Johnson administration, Richard Nixon is enraged.

— Dustin DeSoto, Vox, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of enrage

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The puppeteering incenses Morgan, who storms into Cathcarts to demand his lawyers quit playing games and get on with litigation already.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2026
And voters should be incensed when state officials take it upon themselves to ignore the will of the people, as expressed through local elections.

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of incense

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