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A gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces

The smell or fragrance produced from burning a gum, spice, or other substance

(figuratively) Talk or praise used to charm, flatter, or persuade

To cause to become angry or worked up

To suffuse or infuse with a pleasant odor

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Noun

A gum, spice, or other substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces

“To burn the incense is to pray, and to light the lamp is to deal with the Word.”

Noun

The smell or fragrance produced from burning a gum, spice, or other substance

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“I thought I detected an incense deliciously sweet, by no means overpowering, like the lily's, but more like the shy fragrance of the wood flower.”

Noun

(figuratively) Talk or praise used to charm, flatter, or persuade

currying favour

servile flattery

insincere flattery

charm offensive

pats on the back

acknowledgement^UK

acknowledgment^US

rounds of applause

recommendations

positive feedback

honorable mentions^UK

clean bills of health

flattering remarks

shots in the arm

standing ovations

seals of approval

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“This admission was to Lord Farnley, accustomed as he was to incense and adulation, provoking in the extreme.”

Verb

To cause to become angry or worked up

drive up the wall

make someone see red

make your blood boil

get under your skin

send into a rage

irritate greatly

get a rise out of

rub up the wrong way

get on your nerves

get your back up

give someone the hump

get in your hair

get on one's nerves

rub the wrong way

put your back up

make somebody's hackles rise

get up someone's nose

get on your wick

get your dander up

ruffle one's feathers

try your patience

drive to distraction

give someone the pip

raise your hackles

get your hackles up

drive round the twist

drive round the bend

give a hard time

rattle someone's cage

rub you up the wrong way

put someone's nose out of joint

make you see red

give someone grief

be on your back

drive you up the wall

be on the back of

make somebody's blood boil

be a thorn in someone's flesh

work into lather

be a pain in the neck

be a thorn in someone's side

get across someone

stick in one's craw

set one's teeth on edge

hit where one lives

get someone's wick

lose one's temper

get on the wrong side of

make an enemy of somebody

drive you crazy

cause resentment to

cause annoyance to

be like a red rag to a bull

drive you to distraction

drive you round the bend

drive you round the twist

push someon's buttons

breathe down someone's neck

drive you off your head

try the patience of

hit a sour note

drive you out of your mind

drive out of mind

take a rise out of

cut to the quick

give a bad time

give offence to

be an affront to

cause offence to

cause offense to

become covered with condensation

rattle one's cage

cause suffering to

hurt somebody's feelings

prey on your mind

bend someone's ear

throw off balance

take the mickey

be on one's case

take the piss out of

cause trouble to

be a nuisance to

give the business

put someone off their stroke

make discontented

make uncomfortable

make someone fed up

make things hot for someone

make it hot for someone

make jokes about

cause anxiety to

be sarcastic about

poke mullock at

make a monkey of

cause anguish to

do someone's head in

rattle someone's chain

push one's buttons

upset the applecart

run up the wrong way

give someone hell

breath down someone's neck

get on the nerves of

get in the hair of

stroke someone's hair the wrong way

cause suffering

be in someone's way

search high heaven

put pressure on

rasp one's nerves

bring pressure to bear on

play cat and mouse

put through wringer

rub salt in wound

be disagreeable to

push the buttons of

be in someone's hair

inflict anguish on

set someone's teeth on edge

get the knife into

stick the knife into

arouse hostility in

cause concern to

cause discomfort to

be the victim of

get on someone's back

mess with someone's head

weigh heavily on one's mind

be a great weight on

make someone scratch their head

occupy thoughts

put the squeeze on

jump on one's case

arouse anxiety in

make it tough for

weigh heavily on

offend morals of

break one's heart

put a damper on

break the heart of

put into a funk

give the needle

be disagreeable

tread on someone's toes

fill with loathing

get on someone's case

lie heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavy on someone's mind

weigh heavily on someone's mind

be a weight on someone's mind

have had enough

exhaust someone's patience

make demands on

make severe demands on

put a strain on

cause annoyance

eat away at one's mind

put someone off their stride

make someone laugh on the other side of their face

take the wind out of your sails

make self-conscious

make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth

set someone back on their heels

kick up a stink

cause bitterness

cause resentment

gnaw at one's mind

put into a flap

throw into a tizz

cause someone to lose their composure

throw into tizzy

pull someone's leg

rule with an iron hand

trample underfoot

weigh heavy upon

rule with a rod of iron

ride roughshod over

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“I feel sure that the facts with which I must make him acquainted will incense him greatly.”

Verb

To suffuse or infuse with a pleasant odor

give fragrance to

“During a thunderstorm, some of them pray, light a candle, incense the room with holy herbs, and make the sign of the cross.”

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