blood-boiling

adjective

Extremely angry; furious.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Extremely angry; furious.

    The bearded Russian sage who inspired both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King couldn't resist a blood-boiling bayonet fight, or a good duel with an old writer friend who had insulted him.

    2015, Andrew Kaufman, Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times, →ISBN, page 6
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    Just as our combined anticipation was starting to build to a blood-boiling crescendo, the swell lines disappeared from underneath us, intercepted by the coastline of approaching islands to our north.

    2005, Tom Anderson, Riding the Magic Carpet: A Surfer's Odyssey in Search of the Perfect Wave, →ISBN

Synonyms & antonyms

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Cite this entry
APA

blood-boiling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood-boiling

MLA

“blood-boiling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood-boiling. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blood-boiling,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blood-boiling.

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