incensed

• His Majesty was greatly incensed, and meanwhile the excited populace were assembling in crowds before the house of Lola Montez Döllinger was a difficult man to cross. —  The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert
• Pigeons flying about the low roofs clucked and chuckled as if their milky purity had been incensed, and little dogs seemed to draw near and trot after, too familiarly, as if they scented sin There were two working-men from Zane & Rainey's ship-yard who had known kindness to their wives from Agnes when those wives were in confinement. —  Bohemian Days Three American Tales
• William was naturally incensed, and as for Mr. Bullitt, he had endured a great deal from William every evening since Miss Pratt's arrival. —  Seventeen A Tale of Youth and Summer Time and the Baxter Family Especially William
• Deeply incensed, the appellant shook the dust of Caerlaverock House from his feet, and sat down to plan a revenge upon the Government which had wronged him. —  The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies
• She leaves no means untried to persuade young Women of rank to become Members of her Community: She is implacable when once incensed, and has too much intrepidity to shrink at taking the most rigorous measures for punishing the Offender. —  The Monk; a romance

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