miffed

past tense of miff

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for miffed
Verb
  • Damian used to get annoyed with his father's motivational chats about responsibility.
    Claudia Boyd-Barrett, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • Three hours before the parade is set to begin, paradegoers are already annoyed at the disorganization and slow-moving lines.
    Matt Nighswander, NBC news, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • But one snafu irritated a sizable portion of the more than 3,000 students gathered at Arie Crown Theater to hear the astronauts discuss their mission.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2026
Verb
  • And based on the docket, the federal judge who handled her case grew exasperated with the avalanche of filings.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2026
  • Dana Sue and Ronnie's strained relationship is exasperated by a fire that breaks out — accelerated by off-brand e-bikes Ronnie bought behind Dana Sue’s back and stored in their garage — and damages their house.
    Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 13 June 2026
Verb
  • Early in negotiations, Tehran had been eager to secure China’s backing as a guarantor in a peace deal, but Beijing has shown little interest in playing such a formal - and potentially vexed - role.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 20 June 2026
  • Deadline has previously reported that the edit — first questioned in a memo from board advisor Michael Prescott — vexed directors.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 June 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • At intervals John would shamble around the stage in a cruel parody of a disabled person, which in those days offended no one.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026
  • Lu also apologized to those who were offended in the video.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • In August 2023, Shirilla was convicted of murder, felonious assault, aggravated vehicular homicide, drug possession, and criminal tools possession (psilocybin mushrooms and a scale were found at the crime scene).
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 June 2026
  • Meanwhile the 27-year-old Pulisic injured his calf initially just last week in training and aggravated it during the USMNT’s World Cup opener—a 4-1 drubbing of Paraguay.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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“Miffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miffed. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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