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apoplectic adjective [ ˌapəˈplɛktɪk ]

• overcome with anger; furious.
• "Mark was apoplectic with rage at the decision"
Similar: furious, enraged, overcome with anger, infuriated, in a temper, incensed, raging, incandescent, wrathful, fuming, ranting, raving, seething, frenzied, in a frenzy, beside oneself, outraged, in high dudgeon, as cross as two sticks, mad, hopping mad, wild, livid, boiling, aerated, with all guns blazing, foaming at the mouth, fit to be tied,
• relating to or denoting apoplexy (stroke).
• "an apoplectic attack"
Origin: early 17th century: from French apoplectique or late Latin apoplecticus, from Greek apoplēktikos, from apoplēssein ‘disable by a stroke’.


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