Definition of "apoplectic" []

• Of, resembling, or produced by apoplexy: an apoplectic fit. (adjective)
• Having or inclined to have apoplexy. (adjective)
• Exhibiting symptoms associated with apoplexy. (adjective)
• Extremely angry; furious: "members of Congress who otherwise become apoplectic about wasteful government spending” ( Dan Morgan). (adjective)

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• "I believe the term apoplectic would be appropriate should such an event come to pass."
• "So the girliemen don't need to go gettin 'apoplectic on us yet!"
• "Mostly, I’ve spent the past week in apoplectic rage at the various slights visited upon the British people by the ones in charge."