hacked (off)

past tense of hack (off)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hacked (off)
Verb
  • David goes on a tour of the past 250 years and is deeply annoyed by every facet of it.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • There were more infamous incidents, such as when Dave Hodge was visibly annoyed at the network cutting away from a Montreal Canadiens-Philadelphia Flyers game tied late in regulation to show a news broadcast.
    Julian McKenzie, New York Times, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • The messaging bothered Al-Shaair deeply and still does.
    Dan Pompei, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Neighbors bothered by crowing or other issues can file nuisance complaints with Animal Care and Control.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • When Riley returned to the table, La La told me that his high profile in the city sometimes bugged her, because fans were always interrupting them, even sitting down at their table.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • Upon arriving at big-league camp this spring, Rojas said the different grip initially bugged him.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In Britain, all the large predators had long since been exterminated and the smaller ones (like foxes) were ruthlessly persecuted.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 22 June 2026
  • Supporting people who have too often been, and continue to be, persecuted and othered would be a direct way to address the suffering.
    Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 14 June 2026
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
Verb
  • The research does not include, for example, drivers who may be put out of work by self-driving cars, or roles lost due to manufacturing automation, Ramp Economics Lab’s lead economist Ara Kharazian said.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Any Foreign Ministry can put out a tender for an authentic, viral, identifiably German tourist who happens to fall in love with Waffle House on social media, but good luck finding one that won’t feel fake.
    Frank Ahrens, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
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“Hacked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hacked%20%28off%29. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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