apoplectic

comparative more apoplectic · superlative most apoplectic

1. medicineOf or relating to apoplexy.
2. figurativelyMarked by extreme anger or fury.

   Once she heard Jem refer to our father as 'Atticus' and her reaction was apoplectic.

   1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 11, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

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   Speak of the devil—he marches through the door, and becomes apoplectic when he learns of the upheaval.

   2005 December 12, The New Yorker

   The decision left Potters boss Tony Pulis apoplectic on the touchline, a feeling his West Ham counterpart Avram Grant was to share immediately after the break.

   2011 March 13, Chris Bevan, “Stoke 2 - 1 West Ham”, in BBC

   If older man/younger women matchups make many people uncomfortable, the older man/much younger women combo tends to make them apoplectic.

   2014 August 27, Stephanie Zacharek, “The Last of Robin Hood Wrestles with a Star's Underage Love”, in The Village Voice, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2014

   Yet when one relistens to the original Rock, Rot & Rule broadcast, the most salient element is not the comedy. It’s the apoplectic phone calls from random WFMU listeners.

   2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN

3. archaicEffused with blood.

plural apoplectics

1. A person suffering from apoplexy.