incense

Speech parts

1. incense - Noun

2. incense - Verb

Meaning

To set on fire; to inflame; to kindle; to burn.

To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.

To offer incense to. See Incense.

To perfume with, or as with, incense.

The perfume or odors exhaled from spices and gums when burned in celebrating religious rites or as an offering to some deity.

The materials used for the purpose of producing a perfume when burned, as fragrant gums, spices, frankincense, etc.

Also used figuratively.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

exasperate anger provoke irritate infuriate cense thurify madden cologne attar miff blarney musk vex buncombe
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Antonyms

gladden still content encourage quiet calm
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Hypernyms

compound anger scent aroma perfume fragrance

Hyponyms

joss stick

Phrases with the word

incense-breathing bigtree incense cedar california incense cedar giant incense cedar mountain incense indian incense

Derivatives

incensed incensing

Examples

Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense. Amelia Earhart

Almighty Framer of the Skies! O let our pure devotion rise, Like Incense in thy Sight! Wrapt in impenetrable Shade, The Texture of our Souls were made, Till thy Command gave Light. Thomas Chatterton

I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now. Brian Austin Green

A piece of incense may be as large as the knee, but unless burned emits no fragrance. Malawi Proverb

It's better to sleep on the floor in an incense shop than in a bed in a fishmarket. Vietnamese Proverb

He is afraid of it, as the devil fears holy water or incense. Hungarian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

incendivity incensant incensation incense boat incense burner incense cedar