1,400 new words in our dictionary! — Parasocial, glow-up, promposal & more
1,400 new words in our dictionary! — More

yapped (at)

verb

past tense of yap (at)
as in annoyed

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for yapped (at)
  1. annoyed
  2. harassed
  3. plagued
  4. irked
  5. vexed
  6. bugged
  7. badgered
  8. bothered
Verb
  • Part of me is annoyed that the process didn’t hand me a neat solution.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The rare curtain call on the road continued an outpouring of support from Mets fans for Alonso over the past two nights — and apparently annoyed at least one of his former teammates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of annoyed
Verb
  • Despite having success with long passes, South Dakota QB Modrzewski was harassed into a mostly poor night, going 12-of-27 for 243 yards, three touchdowns and two picks.
    — Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout the series, Lizzie is constantly harassed and verbally abused by her stepmother, Abby Borden (Rebecca Hall), and completely rejected by her father, Andrew Borden (Charlie Hunnam).
    — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of harassed
Verb
  • With local cops, plagued by rumors of departmental misdeeds, looking for a peaceful solution and federal authorities contemplating extreme action, the situation escalates.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • That gave North Crowley a 35-28 lead with 19 seconds remaining in the second quarter, despite a first half plagued with penalties.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of plagued
Verb
  • Here’s what Hafley said after the game, including what irked him.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 20 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
Verb
  • Aging air traffic control equipment and technology issues have vexed airline executives for years.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Many economists believe that final round of stimulus relief overheated the economy and fed inflation, which has vexed the American public for the past five years.
    — Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of vexed
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • For more than a decade, genre fans and journalists have badgered Onslaught director Adam Wingard for a sequel to The Guest.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Stewart isn’t the only Twilight star still being badgered about the vampire franchise.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of badgered
Verb
  • She was treated with such indifference by the Bordens that, with the exception of Abby, no one bothered to learn her name, calling her by the name of their last servant, Maggie, instead.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • What’s bothered me, though, is how its backers have anchored their messaging around a lot of misleading generalizations about the state of college sports.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of bothered
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

yapped
yapped (at)
yapping
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Yapped (at).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yapped%20%28at%29. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

The Words of the Week - Sept. 25
See More

Popular

See More

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
image of the words cracker fly and sale arranged in a triangle with the word fire in the middle
Triple Play Quiz Find the word that pairs with each of the three g...
See All