burned (up)

verb

variants or burnt (up)
past tense of burn (up)
as in annoyed
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts seeing people violate smoking bans really burns me up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burned (up)
  1. annoyed
  2. bothered
  3. bugged
  4. persecuted
  5. irritated
  6. put out
Verb
  • Millard was either won over by Makowsky’s passion or annoyed into agreement by his persistence.
    — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
  • There is a section of NASCAR fans today that are annoyed that Kyle Larson won the Knoxville race.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of annoyed
Verb
  • Zoe Saldaña, who also received a tribute, explained why she was bothered by political questions.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Previous reports suggested that Cruise wasn’t all that bothered by Suri’s decision.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of bothered
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  • The indictment revealed that prosecutors had bugged the Aisenbergs' home for three months after Sabrina's disappearance.
    — Curran Rastogi, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, a law-enforcement agency known as NABU, had bugged Mindich’s apartment in Kyiv, and detectives picked up his conversations about Fire Point.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026
Definition of bugged
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  • Although the two programs similarly target humanitarian concerns, being a TPS holder does not guarantee asylum, which requires that applicants prove they’ve been persecuted on specific grounds.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2026
  • In The Bacchae, Dionysus becomes violent only because his existence has been denied and his followers persecuted, and his maenads similarly become destructive only when pursued.
    — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 31 July 2026
Definition of persecuted
Verb
  • But the idea has irritated California’s billionaire class, and some have left the state in protest or threatened to do so.
    — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
  • Hasslers, the researchers found, tended to be people who irritated the study respondents but whom the respondents could not escape.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of irritated
Verb
  • Cinemark did not put out a quote from an executive or its CEO Sean Gamble, unlike AMC or Regal, which had chiefs Adam Aron and Eduardo Acuna weigh in directly.
    — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
  • In that moment, no one has ever been more put out than Patricia.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of put out
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“Burned (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burned%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Aug. 2026.

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