YAPPED AT Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

yapped (at)

verb

past tense of yap (at)

as in annoyed

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Millard was either won over by Makowsky’s passion or annoyed into agreement by his persistence.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
There is a section of NASCAR fans today that are annoyed that Kyle Larson won the Knoxville race.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of annoyed

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Multiple women testified about their fear of being harassed or assaulted by rideshare drivers.

— Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
Around a dozen Black students expressed their concerns during a Board of Trustees meeting, saying they were harassed, intimidated and targeted with racial slurs.

— Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of harassed

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Committee delays The county formed a committee, the Advisory Meeting on Public School Capacity, that was supposed to figure out how to fix the problem, but it's been plagued by delays filling its seats and only met for the first time last month.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
His stint with the Bills was plagued by injuries and a Dallas domestic violence case that led to a four-game suspension.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of plagued

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If customers have been irked about the thumb-twiddling wait or early closing hours, most aren’t complaining.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2026
Baldur is more circumspect, irked at having temporarily lost his boat in the mishap, and unsettled by Helge’s teasing manner, which could be interpreted as either adversarial or flirtatious.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026

Definition of irked

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Zinn in the years to come was vexed both morally and politically by the impersonality of the killing as a bombardier.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, the deadly encounter has reignited a contentious debate about body cameras, one that has long vexed local officials and pitted some of the city’s progressive groups against each other.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 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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One night, Timothy alleges, Melanie badgered her to get it on, but Timothy successfully held out.

— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026
As aldermen badgered the buyer, seller and Johnson’s top lawyers during the no-vote hearing, some zeroed in on the mayor, accusing his team of being unnecessarily secretive.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2026

Definition of badgered

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Right-handed reliever Joel Peguero (left hamstring strain) will be shut down for the rest of the year due to a recurring hamstring strain that’s bothered him since spring training.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026
Woolen’s reaching hands bothered Brown enough that, while fielding another slant, Brown lost his grip on the football, which popped into the air.

— Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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