TEES OFF Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

tees off

verb

present tense third-person singular of tee off

as in angers

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The receptionist angers Kripke and Bert so much that they are picked up by the police — along with Stuart, who had also been arrested.

— Michael Schneider, Variety, 31 July 2026
According to the myth, Agamemnon angers the goddess Artemis by killing one of her sacred deer.

— Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026

Definition of angers

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The already wire-thin line between mother and owner threatens to snap as the saga rages on, and still, Corsini calmly invites you to circle his story’s chaotic cage from every possible angle.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
As the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak rages on, health care workers are increasingly under attack.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 22 July 2026

Definition of rages

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Day to day, as the city grows, there’s also the question of traffic, which snarls the city as public transit initiatives have repeatedly struggled.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Security snarls The TSA PreCheck line at terminal B in LaGuardia Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, on March 27, 2026.

— Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2026

Definition of snarls

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And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025

Definition of rants

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But for ordinary Americans, for those of us without fame, wealth, or connections, the machinery of justice often sputters.

— Letters to the Editor, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2026
This will be a close game while the Eagles offense sputters against the Seahawks defense, and the offense hears a few boos in the second half.

— Zach Berman, New York Times, 15 May 2026

Definition of sputters

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One of those people is Chiappetta, who raves about the example Mally is setting for Naperville North.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Amazon has deals on the exact brands the multi-hyphenate wears and raves about, plus pieces pulled straight from her playbook (cough, her Instagram, cough).

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 3 July 2026

Definition of raves

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Fiction also has the ability to show how language snaps under the weight of violence, how trauma ruptures the very meaning of words.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
David Beckham snaps a portrait at an event for his podcast EA SPORTS Presents Icons of Football in New York City.

— Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of snaps

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