TICK (OFF) Synonyms: 155 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of tick (off)

as in to list

to specify one after another ticked off everything she would need to buy while her daughter wrote the items down on a list

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as in to admonish

to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised

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as in to anger

to make angry it really ticks me off when someone says something like that

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Andy Kotelnicki would love to reenact one of the greatest moments in sports history after the final seconds tick off the clock in the Kansas-Arizona State football game Saturday at tradition-rich Wembley Stadium in London, England. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026 But American Sepp Kuss is days away from ticking off a second Grand Tour treble, three years after his first. — Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 The final seconds of the first half ticked off as the Spartans took a 10-7 lead on a 45-yard field goal from kicker Trajan Sinatra. — Niles Hall, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026 Paper menus allow diners to tick off orders of lip-tingling laab, luscious khao soi, and juicy pomelo salad, feeling like a never-ending invitation to add just one more course. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for tick (off)

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None of the stores surveyed by WWD listed Calvin Klein among their favorite collections during the recent New York Fashion Week.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Some of the addresses listed in the criminal complaint match those of historic downtown corridor buildings such as the Cameo Theatre and the Roxie Theatre.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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No commercial goods have entered the Gaza Strip for two days, Israeli authorities said Thursday, blaming the suspension on merchants angered by taxes imposed by the militant group Hamas — a claim that Palestinian importers deny.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
The dispute over the report, which tackled an issue close to Weiss, forced CBS News to delay promotion of the episode and angered Stahl, who felt compelled to defend her reporting at a late stage of production.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of anger

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The arc of this feud is now well known to all and will no doubt be shaped into the epic poetry our descendants recite in front of bonfires long after our civilization collapses.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
In Lima, Peruvians crossed themselves and recited the rosary before a life-size silicone statue of the pontiff outside a church.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of recite

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The Denver school board censured director Monica Hunter on Thursday night, the third time in five years that the governing body of Colorado’s largest K-12 district has publicly reprimanded a colleague.

— Jessica Seaman, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
She was reprimanded by the House Rules and Ethics Committee for her stunt with the bullhorn.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of reprimand

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Cummings said that in January 2021, a friend of Birchmore’s called Stoughton police and told a dispatcher about the illicit relationship, infuriating Farwell.

— Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 9 Oct. 2026
His laserlike focus on the particulars of the story doesn’t leave much room for extrapolation; even the infuriating case of bureaucratic overreach that the film depicts can easily be understood, and perhaps even defended, as an aberration.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of infuriate

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Comments on the proposal are due Tuesday, but community development groups are pressing for an extension, and a Federal Reserve official recently detailed some of the agency's concerns.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
The floors are hardwood, the nine-foot ceilings beamed, the bedroom well detailed, and the city views wide open.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of detail

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But the Amazon and Blue Origin founder argues that some politicians are blaming the wrong culprit.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
Jason Jimenez said the county coroner’s death report found the cause of death to be cocaine toxicity and did not place blame on the officers.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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