incensed
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So, when the officials alerted the euphoric crowd that the shot didn’t count and the Bulls had actually lost, the hometown fans were incensed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Napoli were incensed after having a penalty award overturned and then a goal disallowed in the first half.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
"She was incensed, just really struck by the audacity of stealing a building and flippantly said: 'You should make this into a game'," Myres told the BBC.
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
When I was a little girl, I was colored, then I was Negro, and when they said Black, I was incensed because your hair is black.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026
She was so incensed that she inadvertently lit a fire in her hand—which, luckily, she’d since removed from my knee.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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