HACK (OFF) Synonyms: 100 Similar and Opposite Words

hack (off)

verb

Definition of hack (off)

as in to annoy

to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts people who ask blatantly stupid questions really hack me off

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Andreu Martínez of Spain humorously said in July 2024 that the use of squirt guns was to annoy the tourists a bit.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 25 July 2026
Hotel-booking platform HotelTonight surveyed 447 of its American adult users in June about what annoys them the most during travel.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Definition of annoy

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Lift sheets, curtains and cushions to check for bed bugs or signs of bed bugs before settling in.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 18 July 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 bug

Verb

The Chinese government denies the Uyghurs have been or are being persecuted.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
As a senator, Marco Rubio was a strong supporter of the bureau and human rights broadly, once arguing from the Senate floor that safeguarding the freedoms of gay men who were persecuted in Chechnya — and all people — was in the national interest.

— Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 July 2026

Definition of persecute

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Honest, accurate journalism may sometimes irritate politicians, but our right to report and present that reporting to the public without government interference is fully protected by the US Constitution.

— Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
It must be made from a comfortable material that won’t chafe or otherwise irritate the skin.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 23 July 2026

Definition of irritate

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Larger, draggier riders, who may be able to put out more raw watts, simply do not cut through the wind as effectively.

— Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Jim Orr, president of domestic theatrical distribution for Universal, which put out both The Odyssey and Oppenheimer, agrees that the British auteur is singularly responsible for keeping the turnstiles spinning.

— Chris Lee, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Definition of put out

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