YAPPED AT Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

yapped (at)

verb

past tense of yap (at)

as in annoyed

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Not even Jeff being annoyed at Kasandra’s drunkenness can ruin the mood.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026
That was Gardner’s first game with the Colts after being acquired from the New York Jets, and while Indy pulled out the OT victory, Gardner was still annoyed by some of the social media chatter afterward.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of annoyed

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Instead of glitz and glamour, her reporting revealed a world of misogyny and exploitation, where women were frequently underpaid, objectified, violated and harassed.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
Their landlord was also reviewing whether to continue to rent the space to them after being harassed.

— KANIS LEUNG, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of harassed

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Instead, they were plagued by injuries, dropped seven of their final nine games and lost the division tiebreaker to the Carolina Panthers.

— Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
But the violence that plagued Muslims and mosques in the days and years after 9/11 stood in stark contrast to those sentiments.

— BrieAnna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of plagued

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Some of the details have irked school officials because the act caps conference membership at 19 teams and requires schools moving between conferences to spend five years as an independent.

— Jim Turner, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
But Trinity's focus on its bottom line also irked many Republicans, including Mantello, who was the City Council president at the time.

— Noam Levey, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of irked

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Maintaining a smaller deer population is not possible, according to Barton, who said the conservancy fully evaluated other methods for solving the deer challenge, which has vexed them for at least 20 years.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The key will be whether a stronger supporting cast and a more run-heavy system helps Mendoza’s replacement, Josh Hoover, to cut down on the turnovers that vexed him at TCU.

— Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of vexed

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The indictment revealed that prosecutors had bugged the Aisenbergs' home for three months after Sabrina's disappearance.

— Curran Rastogi, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, a law-enforcement agency known as NABU, had bugged Mindich’s apartment in Kyiv, and detectives picked up his conversations about Fire Point.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

Definition of bugged

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But Covid-19 layoffs aside, the San Francisco company hasn’t bothered to tidy up along the way, its chief executive says.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
Never even bothered to deny any of the accusations that would eventually lead to Wednesday’s stunning NBA ruling against the LA Clippers in this landmark salary cap circumvention case.

— Sam Amick, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of bothered

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