MIFFING Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

miffing

verb

present participle of miff

as in annoying

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Kids in all three countries loved learning dances from TikTok and annoying their siblings.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 12 Aug. 2026
Of course, this would depend on whether the managers choose to pick their strongest teams in what for some is a meaningless, even annoying extra fixture, for squads who just want to go home.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 18 July 2026

Definition of annoying

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And those are things that end up aggravating behavioral health disabilities.

— Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
With Williams dealing with an injury that’s always tricky for players in this league, there’s no reason to rush him back and risk aggravating it again.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of aggravating

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The few encounters with representatives of the law are exasperating — an officer chastises Soulan for being a bad role model for his students — though not necessarily cut and dried.

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
These loud parties can devolve into violence, exasperating community leaders and the police.

— Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 11 May 2026

Definition of exasperating

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Meanwhile, Congress, the institution constitutionally assigned to tackle these vexing national problems, is nowhere to be found.

— Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
The question of whether animals have souls can be deeply meaningful and also vexing.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of vexing

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Interestingly, there is no statistically detectable difference in offending rates before college, suggesting the future fraternity members weren’t always fundamentally different in their behavior.

— Jens Ludwig, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
What that means is that drone hunter just locked on to the offending drone.

— Norah O'Donnell, CBS News, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of offending

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In 2012 American entrepreneur Russ George spread roughly 100 tons of iron in the North Pacific, provoking international criticism that a commercial venture had begun geoengineering without adequate oversight.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The same principle applies to debates about religion, economics and virtually any subject capable of provoking strong emotions.

— Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026

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