miffed

past tense of miff

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for miffed
Verb
  • Millard was either won over by Makowsky’s passion or annoyed into agreement by his persistence.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
  • There is a section of NASCAR fans today that are annoyed that Kyle Larson won the Knoxville race.
    Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • On Monday against the Phoenix Mercury, Clark spent the game peeved at the officials and picked up her fifth technical after clapping in an antagonizing manner toward a rival.
    Candace Buckner, New York Times, 27 June 2026
  • As the round progressed, DeChambeau’s body language went from purposeful to puzzled to downright peeved, which is something of a typical descent for DeChambeau.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 May 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
  • Before Tuesday’s joint practice, Harbaugh was exasperated by the multiple questions asked from Chargers’ reporters about the left guard competition.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Usher sweeps through the crowd, his security looking exasperated, with a goblet of cherries, trawling for women.
    Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Zinn in the years to come was vexed both morally and politically by the impersonality of the killing as a bombardier.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • In the meantime, the deadly encounter has reignited a contentious debate about body cameras, one that has long vexed local officials and pitted some of the city’s progressive groups against each other.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Iraq similarly felt scandalized that its sovereignty had been so blatantly affronted and disregarded.
    Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Many Idaho liberals of all ages were especially affronted by the fact that the Israeli government paid for the lawmakers’ travel, said Olivia Luna, the president of Idaho’s Babe Vote, who signed the letter as an individual calling for Rubel’s resignation.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • And the White player would have been labeled as soft if he was offended.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Don’t let being offended by someone’s opinion stop you from talking to them.
    Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez aggravated his sore right elbow on Wednesday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Houthi attacks in the Red ⁠Sea have aggravated the disruptions of supplies to global markets.
    Reuters, NBC news, 9 Aug. 2026
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“Miffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miffed. Accessed 22 Aug. 2026.

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