cheesed off

chiefly British
as in angry
feeling or showing anger I was really cheesed off that they made me go to the back of the queue

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheesed off
Adjective
  • Arisu crawls onto a mound of rubble for momentary relief, and is met with an angry Banda.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • According to police, Cooksey opened the door with blood on his hands and became angry and demanding.
    Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Bits of the ceramic plate from his ballistic vest were lodged into his chest.
    Claire Harbage, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The attack highlighted the limits of Qatar’s Patriot missile batteries, which are designed to intercept aircraft and cruise missiles but not ballistic weapons traveling at several times the speed of sound through the upper atmosphere.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Colts fans lashed out at the Indianapolis team, as well, and The Cincinnati Enquirer ran an indignant letter to the editor demanding an apology from the Bengals owner for failing to recognize Kirk and pledging to boycott until then.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The YouTuber Andrew Callaghan has been documenting off-kilter American politics since before the 2020 election, but the recent interview on his Channel 5 web show with an indignant Hunter Biden caught wide attention.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Mistaken as the murderer, Mary is stoned and buried alive in a shallow grave by the enraged townspeople.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The defense attorney, Michael Caesar, told jurors that Bragg became enraged after Gladney outed him as a gay man, and sought revenge.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Is Hinako mad, or is the world around her mad?
    Vincent Acovino, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Many teammates were rightfully mad.
    Eli Thompson, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Soon, the faces of the angered New York City citizens around her soften.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In India, social media erupted with responses that ran the gamut from outraged to panicked and accusatory.
    Sankalp Phartiyal, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The one benefit to how transparent this all is is that everyone is rightfully outraged — not just the people who love Kimmel.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After reviewing those court records, anyone with an ounce of humanity would come away furious at the criminal cover-up perpetrated against innocent young children by priests.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • After going down 26-7 in the third quarter, the Eagles mounted a furious comeback at Lincoln Financial Field.
    Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Cheesed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheesed%20off. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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