Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miffed
Verb
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She’d been awakened by their puppy, and had been annoyed at Ryan, who hadn’t gotten up early with the dog like he was supposed to.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025 -
Kelce was evaluated for a concussion in the locker room, and he was annoyed at having to answer the questions that are part of the test.—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Broadly, the Blue Jackets were peeved that the 5-1 final score does not reflect the way the game was played.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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The local Republicans are peeved.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But those movements further irritated a rib injury that Hendrix first sustained during Wicked night.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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The decision by Aaron Turner, Kuminga’s agent, to go on a media tour in recent weeks while negotiating publicly in hopes of landing a better offer for Kuminga, irritated some with the organization, according to league sources.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The two sides, now locked into competitive postures, might also simply grow exasperated with each another and announce new trade restrictions out of the blue.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Overcrowding and unsanitary conditions were already a problem, and the new inmates only exasperated them, according to court documents.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Micromoths have long vexed entomologists.—
Glenn Zorpette,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Nov. 2025
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David Valadao Valadao, 48, has vexed Democrats for years.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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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
Verb
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Whoever is 77th will be sure to be offended.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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No one around the table can be offended or object to the joke.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Zverev has intermittently heeded the advice, but his last match before the start of the Tour Finals ended in a 6-0, 6-1 shellacking by Sinner, aggravated by swelling in his right ankle.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
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Purdy aggravated his toe on Levi’s Stadium’s grass in Week 4, so that could happen again anywhere.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Miffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miffed. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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