as in angry
feeling or showing anger
the coach was so apoplectic when the player missed the free throw that he threw his clipboard onto the court
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Recent Examples of apoplectic
In the premiere of the most recent season of Sesame Street, innocent conversations among residents of 123 Sesame Street keep being interrupted by a typically confused and apoplectic Grover.
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
However, as a cold-blooded capitalist, Scrooge would be rendered apoplectic by the concentrated retails assaults of the different stores to separate the yuletide revelers from their money.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Bands, vendors, and fans were understandably apoplectic, venting up a storm on local news and social media, and launching a Victims of Capulet Fest 2024 Facebook group.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Notwithstanding the Trump Derangement Syndrome crowd going apoplectic over every pick simply because Trump picked them, the overwhelming majority of Cabinet nominations and other picks not subject to Senate confirmation are objectively solid, experienced, and well-qualified.
—Michael Zais, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2024
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Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2024
However, as a cold-blooded capitalist, Scrooge would be rendered apoplectic by the concentrated retails assaults of the different stores to separate the yuletide revelers from their money.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024
Bands, vendors, and fans were understandably apoplectic, venting up a storm on local news and social media, and launching a Victims of Capulet Fest 2024 Facebook group.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 28 Nov. 2024
Notwithstanding the Trump Derangement Syndrome crowd going apoplectic over every pick simply because Trump picked them, the overwhelming majority of Cabinet nominations and other picks not subject to Senate confirmation are objectively solid, experienced, and well-qualified.
—Michael Zais, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apoplectic
Adjective
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Harry Belafonte was angry at Martin Luther King’s funeral.—
Made by History,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025
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Related article People are angry at Gen Z taking photos of airport trays.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In the clip, Miyazaki seems neither outraged nor indignant, simply exhausted and annoyed.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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The officers allow Eddie, indignant and disempowered by the search, to come in to help his son.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The Leafs hatched a furious last-minute comeback to force overtime, only to lose 6-5 in a shootout to the Sharks, Toronto’s second such loss to San Jose this month.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Martin’s work has taken on a furious pace in the past few months amid the Trump administration’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion protocols and health, welfare and Medicaid cuts that will fall hard on vulnerable Black Americans.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And the maddest thing of all is the AI Generator, who wants to marry her!—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The other tuna dodged their dead companions with a flick of the tail and continued their mad carousel.—
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting in the visiting manager’s office at Yankee Stadium, Brewers manager Pat Murphy declined to go ballistic over the torpedo bats that blew up his pitching staff over the first three games of the season.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Prior to his painting, this transfer class, now called ballistic capture transfers, or weak stability boundary (WSB) transfers, did not exist, Belbruno said.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Apoplectic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apoplectic. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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