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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Adjective
  • JPMorgan Chase, the biggest bank in America, has been angry for years about being forced to hand over customer data to fintech companies for free.
    Jeff Kauflin, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Hastings said he’s heard from people angry about State Farm’s rates.
    Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • These improvements will enhance communication, provide state of the art technology and provide upgrades to ballistic glass and physical security.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 10 July 2025
  • The movie has pummeling battles, giant plushy troll monsters, characters hurtling through space, and a general air of ballistic wizardry.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • In a 48-hour whirlwind, President Donald Trump veered from elated to indignant to triumphant as his fragile Israel-Iran ceasefire agreement came together, teetered toward collapse and ultimately coalesced.
    Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
  • In a memorable photo from a G-7 summit during his first term, the U.S. president sat, arms crossed, glaring at an indignant German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
    JENNIFER LIND, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Later in the film, François Arnaud plays a dreamy/nightmare client, matching her gentleness with mad intensity, while giving their scenes together a charge that carries the film into its frenzied conclusion with bold poise.
    Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 11 July 2025
  • So Lex Luthor, his oldest foe and my favorite, transitions from a mad scientist at this time to the corporate man, the importance of him and capitalist power.
    Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Lansing, the first woman to lead a Hollywood studio, was furious.
    Michael Grynbaum, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2025
  • As a result of their negligence, a little boy who lives in the Flats dies, and Sodality is furious.
    Deborah Williams July 14, Literary Hub, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As soon as the decision is made, Teeny is hopping mad.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Russian officials were hopping mad when Biden went ahead anyway.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Cheesed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheesed%20off. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.

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