HACKING (OFF) Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

hacking (off)

verb

present participle of hack (off)

as in annoying

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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Of course, this would depend on whether the managers choose to pick their strongest teams in what for some is a meaningless, even annoying extra fixture, for squads who just want to go home.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026
The Manchester City star is fully back to his 2024 Ballon d’Or-winning self, marshaling the middle, providing amazing connection between the front and back and even annoying the French players with some gamesmanship near the end.

— Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of annoying

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Wasps are generally more interested in building their colony and finding food than in bothering people.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
But after going ahead, England manager Thomas Tuchel tried to shut the back door by throwing on countless defenders and not bothering to attack Argentina anymore.

— Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of bothering

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And these lively, sometimes irritating, often messy, but always essential noises are the product of our species connecting and caring for one another.

— Dana Suskind, Time, 14 July 2026
They will also be allowed to shoot pepper balls, which release a cloud of irritating spray into the air around the animals.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of irritating

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Biden weaponized Law Enforcement against his political opponent, while also persecuting many other innocent people.

— New York Times, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Jack Hayford, the founder of the King’s University, in Texas, claimed that the film was persecuting Christians, who only wanted to be treated equally.

— Isaac Butler, New Yorker, 30 May 2026

Definition of persecuting

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Instead of Clase putting out fires in the sixth, seventh or eighth, Smith was thrown into a rigid, ninth-inning role without warning.

— Zack Meisel, New York Times, 5 July 2026
In 1999, the Bank of Japan rewrote that maxim entirely — putting out the biggest punchbowl any major economy had ever seen and leaving it out indefinitely.

— William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of putting out

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