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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miffed
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As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the president doesn’t get annoyed with him once or twice.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
26 Apr. 2026 -
Maybe annoyed enough to fix it.—
Nathan Edwards,
The Verge,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Citi-folk in Queens have every right to be mortally peeved at David Stearns for trading away Brandon Nimmo, jettisoning Pete Alonso, thinking Devin Williams had the necessary chops to replace Edwin Diaz, and creating what’s become the worst team in New York this side of the Giants and Jets.—
Bill Madden,
Hartford Courant,
25 Apr. 2026
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Perhaps peeved by the lack of respect for his defense, Gobert has flipped the script.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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Some highbrow writers had a right to be irritated by the concept of chick lit, though that wasn’t the fault of chick lit authors themselves.—
Hillary Busis,
Vanity Fair,
4 May 2026
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His last-minute, mixmaster approach to closing out the transit negotiations irritated several participants, but the end result was a fiscally responsible and transformative restructuring of mass transit in northern Illinois.—
David Greising,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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Reaves shot 10 for 16 from the field and 3 for 6 from 3-point range to go with six assists, while James – who spent much of the game exasperated with the officials – added 23 points on 9-for-18 shooting along with six assists and three steals.—
Benjamin Royer,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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His confirmation process was ugly, and some of his actions during his first few months on the job exasperated the White House.—
Michael Scherer,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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From the moment the Dutch colonized the area in the 17th century, disposing of trash has vexed New York City leaders, recognized as heroes when the city somehow gets clean and villainized when the trash piles soar.—
TIM CRAIG THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
5 Apr. 2026
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Siblings are rich terrain for fiction precisely because they are so vexed—a pressure point where the imperative to create a singular hero meets the desire to imagine new forms of connection.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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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
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Thinking about it that way invests meaning in an anecdote Norris related about a member of the copy department so affronted by something a colleague had done that she was inspired to pick up an object and hurl it in that colleague’s general direction.—
Ben Yagoda,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Someone else could disagree, get offended or think less of you depending on how an exchange goes.—
Madeline Holcombe,
CNN Money,
9 May 2026
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Perhaps not offended enough by their bulletin board material offerings.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
1 May 2026
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When asked if there was one particular incident that aggravated the knee, Webb pointed to his recent start against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park on April 30.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
9 May 2026
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Ingram aggravated a heel injury that bothered him late in the regular season in the second quarter of Wednesday’s Game 5.—
Eric Koreen,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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“Miffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miffed. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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