Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miffed
Verb
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In practice, Musk bowed to authoritarian governments or banned critical journalists when their reporting annoyed him.—
Jacob Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025 -
Christian is annoyed by Max’s temporary tyranny and overall seems … normal.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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With his far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, sitting in the front row, Netanyahu took the stage, looking a little peeved, and berated the event’s organizers for muddling his slide show.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
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This isn’t the first time that Harry was allegedly peeved because of Meghan’s Netflix show.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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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
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And the web designer from South Dakota certainly must have irritated her former final two ally Vince Panaro on her way out of the Big Brother house.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Julia, getting exasperated, asks if Adriana has checked in on her children, which is probably a much bigger thing than Adriana’s languishing music career.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Joséphine, Serge’s daughter, came to the doorstep every other week already exasperated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But other times, a lot of the expressions that people interpret in the film as scared and alarmed or vexed by the invisible forces are the results of things on set that are just bizarre and kind of hilarious.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Sep. 2025
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On the fumble that Josh Sweat caused on the Panthers’ first drive this past weekend, Arizona dialed up a blitz that completely vexed Carolina.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Sep. 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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Reporters in the Brady Room earlier this week were greeted by the meme on a loop; the vice president, addressing them on the shutdown, laughed at Democrats who were offended by the trope.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Potato Head shrugged when Roseanne Barr was fired by the same network – for a single tweet that offended a woman born in Iran.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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After missing the previous two games, Purdy aggravated his right big toe injury in Sunday’s 26-21 home loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, calling into question his availability for Thursday’s game at the Los Angeles Rams.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Man charged in shooting A man identified in court documents as Jermaine Hall has been charged with unlawful use of a weapon, armed criminal action and aggravated fleeing a stop or detention in connection with the shooting.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Miffed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miffed. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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