INCENSE


Meaning of INCENSE in English

The noun is pronounced /ɪnsens/. The verb is pronounced /ɪnsens/.

( incensing, incensed)

1.

Incense is a substance that is burned for its sweet smell, often as part of a religious ceremony.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

If you say that something incenses you, you mean that it makes you extremely angry.

This proposal will incense conservation campaigners.

= enrage

VERB : V n

• in‧censed

Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion...

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ at/by n , ADJ that

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