as in infuriating
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as in indignation
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as in angering
to make angry
the insult so incensed him that he had to be restrained from hitting the guy
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as in scenting
to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance
the gift shop was heavily incensed with a cloying mixture of herbal essences
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Adjective
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Her perhaps most infuriating trait, as with so many moms, is her constant need to always be right.—
Marianne Eloise,
Vulture,
10 May 2025 -
Nothing is more infuriating than realizing that the lid does not firmly fit over the container.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
Noun
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But there’s vulnerability buried in that sort of indignation.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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The feeling was one of indignation at the officiating and at UEFA, European football’s governing body.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Venture Colonialism There is arguably no single scholar more well versed, incisive, and thought provoking than Stern in analyzing the evolution of joint-stock corporations in the British Empire.—
Caroline Elkins,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Aug. 2023
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Her work is technically amazing, thought provoking and has tons of heart.—
Heide Janssen,
Orange County Register,
17 Mar. 2024
Noun
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Harvard, which has refused to comply with the Administration, has faced particular ire.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
27 May 2025
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The style has drawn the ire of officials in Mexico and the United States.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Some providers may also recommend eliminating gluten and lactose to reduce the body's inflammatory response, which can adversely affect thyroid function.—
Danielle Weiss,
Verywell Health,
22 May 2025
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The changes were related to immunity, inflammatory responses and cardio-metabolic traits and most likely reflect adaptations to new diets, more crowded living conditions, diseases and domestic livestock.—
Kermit Pattison,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
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Access to care Over the past year, the insurance industry has come under strong criticism, and two measures in the bill attempt to rein in some of the practices that have elicited the most public outrage.—
Katy Golvala,
Hartford Courant,
23 May 2025
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In addition, a customer usually won’t know how much of the code was written using AI, so there won’t be any public outrage, as is the case with self-driving cars.—
Victor Erukhimov,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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This season, despite numerous injuries, Postecoglou continued to play according to his ideals, without tweaking the system to account for personnel, aggravating fault lines between the manager and the club’s fans that first opened last season.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
21 May 2025
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Some of the movie’s views may be his own, but mostly it seems drawn from weird, aggravating, or poignant behavior he’s observed firsthand.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
17 May 2025
Noun
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No one wants to die in an America of wrath and vengeance.—
Christine Ledbetter,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Against this backdrop, Moscow may be tempted to scare Europe into submission, and some Europeans might choose appeasement rather than risk Russia’s wrath.—
Liana Fix,
Foreign Affairs,
1 May 2025
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“Incensing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incensing. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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