dunned

verb

past tense of dun
as in annoyed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunned
  1. annoyed
  2. worried
  3. irked
  4. exasperated
  5. irritated
  6. vexed
  7. riled
  8. hassled
Verb
  • Club homeowners are not merely annoyed by tourist bonanzas like the World Cup — Airbnb is FIFA’s official lodging partner — or the Ultra music festival, Spring Break and Formula 1 weekend.
    — Linda Robertson, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
  • The equalising goal came in first-half stoppage time, with Norway coach Stale Solbakken visibly annoyed with referee Clement Turpin at the half-time interval.
    — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of annoyed
Verb
  • Earlier this year, investors worried artificial intelligence would disrupt the industry.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • But fighting that erupted in the Middle East days later upended that trajectory, pushing bond yields and mortgage rates higher as investors worried the conflict would keep oil prices and inflation elevated.
    — Samantha Delouya, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Definition of worried
Verb
  • Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois seemed personally irked.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 July 2026
  • In the months since his March promotion, Andreou has worked to release the Copilot super app, scaled back the ubiquitous Copilot icons that irked Windows users, and launched Copilot Cowork to compete with Anthropic’s highly popular Claude Cowork.
    — Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Definition of irked
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  • Though celebrated for his affability, Lincoln grew exasperated with Field’s rapid-fire delivery, waving him away.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 July 2026
  • And based on the docket, the federal judge who handled her case grew exasperated with the avalanche of filings.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
Definition of exasperated
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
  • But his relationship with the modern outdoor industry feels vexed.
    — William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Early in negotiations, Tehran had been eager to secure China’s backing as a guarantor in a peace deal, but Beijing has shown little interest in playing such a formal - and potentially vexed - role.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
Definition of vexed
Verb
  • Rather than being riled into playing at a higher level, Spain sunk into self-pity mode.
    — Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • This riled up the Kremlin, which works to create a perception of total support for Putin among the voting public.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 17 July 2026
Definition of riled
Verb
  • Members of white government clubs hassled their white neighbors into political lockstep and advertised physical and financial retribution for any Black person who dared to vote.
    — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 3 July 2026
  • To be alone, after all, may be worse than being hassled.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of hassled
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