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incensed

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

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A heraldic panther incensed.

Etymology

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See incense.

Adjective

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incensed (comparative more incensed, superlative most incensed)

  1. Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry.
    • 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC[1]:
      Ferguson was incensed as referee Martin Atkinson pointed to the spot - and United's sense of injustice deepened when Nemanja Vidic was sent off in stoppage time after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Ramires, ruling the centre-back out of the visit to Liverpool on Sunday.
  2. (heraldry, of a panther, lion, etc) Emitting fire from its mouth, often its ears, and sometimes elsewhere.
    • 1861, George Oliver, The History of the City of Exeter, page 211:
      [] between two lions passant azure, incensed gules, three besants; []
    • 1920, History of the Family of Maunsell (Mansell, Mansel), page 428:
      Argent, a lion rampant gules, incensed azure;
    • 2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 2996:
      Supporters — Dexter, a lion argent; sinister, a panther guardant argent semy of roundels vert azure and gules incensed proper both gorged with a collar attached thereto a chain reflexed over the back and terminating in a ring or.

Verb

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incensed

  1. simple past and past participle of incense