incensed

comparative more incensed · superlative most incensed

1. Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.

   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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   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

2. lion; etc; lion; etcgovernmentEmitting 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

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   […] 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

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of incense