Published 2026-09-13

incensed

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   GUESS THE WORD: Which word fits?. Meaning: Angered at something unjust or wrong.

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   YOUR HINT: Starts with “I”.. 8 letters.
   Take a guess. The answer is next.

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   THE WORD: “incensed”. Meaning: Angered at something unjust or wrong.

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   WHERE IT BEGAN: “incensed”. The anger verb incense came through French from Latin incensare, a frequentative of incendere, to set on fire, which also meant figuratively to enrage or rouse. It shares that fire ancestry with incendiary.

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   THE CONNECTION: “incensed”. English also has a separate incense verb meaning to perfume with incense. Their forms converged, but an incensed crowd is figuratively set ablaze with anger, not scented with aromatic smoke.

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