DUNNED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

dunned

verb

past tense of dun

as in annoyed

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Studio executives who annoyed her might find their films receiving tepid coverage.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2026
The Biden administration also had a commitment to AI safety that annoyed AI companies.

— Nina Verdelli, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of annoyed

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Democrats also swept all three available school board seats, just two years after Republican state lawmakers made the traditionally nonpartisan elections partisan, a change that Democratic candidates worried would put them at a disadvantage.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 4 Nov. 2026
Yet Wall Street may have found opportunity in the same slowdown that worried AI's biggest backers.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of worried

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Naturally, reviving some of these fraught narratives seem to have irked some mentioned in the book.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026
Lin had a difficult and complex remit at Netflix, particularly with the mandate of cutting spending and reducing the slate to focus on better-quality films, which irked some people in the entertainment industry, sources said.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of irked

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In interviews with dozens of voters casting their ballots early in the Detroit area, few were aware of the Democratic infighting, and those who were aware were exasperated.

— Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026
Strategy has been nonexistent in that turret — another problem — but Jama has been visibly exasperated by Acaster’s guilty conscience.

— Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of exasperated

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Salazar’s attempt to distance herself from the increasingly-unpopular president could potentially appease moderate and independent voters, but her TV ad also irritated Trump personally — as well as some of his hard-core MAGA supporters.

— Michael Vasquez, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Some develop in varicose veins; others form where a needle or IV has irritated a vein.

— Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of irritated

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Most Martian meteorites are just a couple billion years old, which has long vexed scientists, given that spacecraft observations of the Red Planet suggest much of its surface is more than 3 billion years old.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Maduro vexed the no-nonsense judge by using his plea hearing to condemn the case, with Hellerstein cutting him off and entering a not-guilty plea on his behalf.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of vexed

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Vision is still frustrated and furious over the ways Ultron tricked and used him, but yelling at an opponent that won’t get riled in return isn’t satisfying.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2026
Avaz said everyone involved was riled up based on the decision, and in statements to IndieWire, both of the stars Sprouse and Lee-Stack made that outrage clear.

— Brian Welk, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of riled

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In the ad, Piven pulls up to a Miami mansion party in a sports car and is hassled by a bouncer.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
Each presents a group portrait of a handful of disaffected British suburbanites—husbands who resent their deadening jobs, toddlers who whine and interrupt, and, above all, hassled wives subsumed by a crush of household obligations.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of hassled

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