incensed en · ADJ
Etymology
See incense.
Meanings
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Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.
2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:Fisher read the article, became incensed, and started a smear campaign against the brothers’ business which proved immensely damaging.
1993, “The Ballad Of Climie Fisher”, in Trouble Over Bridgwater, performed by Half Man Half Biscuit:
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(of a panther, qualifier:lion; etc; lion; etc) Emitting fire from its mouth, often its ears, and sometimes elsewhere.
Argent, a lion rampant gules, incensed azure;
1920, History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel), page 428:[…] between two lions passant azure, incensed gules, three besants;[…]
1861, George Oliver, The History of the City of Exeter, page 211:Supporters — Dexter, a lion argent; sinister, a panther guardant argent semy of roundels vert azure and gules incensed proper both gorged with a collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back and terminating in a ring or.
2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 2996:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more incensed | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most incensed | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |