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as in ballistic
feeling or showing anger the boss is really teed off about the loss of one of our most important clients, so it's probably best to avoid him right now

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teed off

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verb

past tense of tee off

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Adjective
  • Iran likely retains some ballistic and anti-ship cruise missiles despite weeks of US aerial bombardment of the country.
    Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 15 Apr. 2026
  • State media claim the warship is designed to carry a range of systems, including anti-air and anti-ship weapons as well as nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles.
    Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • More than a decade later, Silverman would remain irritated by this.
    Jennifer Armstrong, IndieWire, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Everybody’s just irritated with each other.
    Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • One of them, Amy, a blond child with limp ponytails and a thin dress that looks like it might have been stained, stands outside a porch door, her fists balled up, mouth open, angry or unhappy or both.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Adames looked more perturbed than angry, putting his hands on his hips before taking off his helmet and slowly walking to first base.
    Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Still annoyed, weirdly offended, and slightly spiraling.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 6 Apr. 2026
  • That would have been plenty, but a third section features Andrew Dismukes as an annoyed father refusing to listen to his 6-year-old son’s words.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Many Canadians have also been angered by Trumps comments suggesting Canada become the 51st state.
    Jim Morris, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This further angered anti-ICE protesters and led Americans to take to the streets in cities nationwide and call for the mass deportations to end.
    Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Previously, Hungarians opposed to the government were indignant but apathetic.
    Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Upon his return, Tagovailoa gave a rather indignant response to those who questioned his NFL future.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 10 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Luckily, the kids don't seem too bothered.
    JT Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • For the first time in a minute, PTA doesn’t look too bothered to be explaining himself about this movie, perhaps because he’s finally got the hardware to back up a worthy film that dares to upset or even confound its audience.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Melton sputtered in his previous five games.
    Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
  • On the bedside table, my phone sputtered awake.
    Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
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“Teed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teed%20off. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.

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