Incense

Quick meaning: Incense is a noun meaning Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.

Meaning

Biotic material that releases fragrant smoke when burnt, often used in religious rites or for aesthetic reasons.

More Meanings

1. The fragrant smoke released by burning incense (sense 1).
2. (figurative) Homage; adulation.
3. (transitive) To anger or infuriate.
4. (transitive) To offer incense to.
5. (transitive) To perfume with, or as with, incense.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.
7. (archaic, transitive) To incite, stimulate.

Example Sentences

I think it would incense him to learn the truth.

Twelve Trojan princes wait on thee, and labour to incense / Thy glorious heap of funeral.

To haue her bound, incenſed with wanton ſweetes, / Her vaines fild hie with heating delicates, / […] / O Ithaca can chaſteſt Penelope hold out.

Neither, for the future, shall any man or woman, self-styled noble, be incensed,—foolishly fumigated with incense, in Church; as the wont has been.

Word Forms

• incenses
• incensing
• incensed

Synonyms for incense

Depending on context, synonyms include inflame, aflame, alight, conflagrate, fire, ignite.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thurify, cense, infuriate, exasperate, outrage, cigarette.

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