miffed

verb

Definition of miffednext
past tense of miff
as in annoyed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miffed
  1. annoyed
  2. exasperated
  3. vexed
  4. aggravated
  5. ruffled
Verb
  • An engineer at the company, Charlie Ward, was annoyed with Amazon’s Super Saving Shipping service, which offered customers free shipping if their order was $25 or more.
    Brian Solis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Someone eating off my plate definitely annoyed me in most situations, but this felt different.
    Jodie Platt, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of annoyed
Verb
  • Americans eventually became exasperated again with high tariffs.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • That figure is exasperated by an ongoing paramedic shortage in Santa Clara county that at times forces firefighters to spend precious time waiting for ambulances when responding to a call, city staff said.
    Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of exasperated
Verb
  • This, in turn, caused people to desert the label in droves, furious that a streaming service had the power to dictate who got popular or vexed that new artists making emo rap and other genre-fusions were included.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 3 Oct. 2024
  • There’s a puzzling tension inherent in these amplitudes — one that has vexed generations of quantum physicists going back to Feynman and Schwinger themselves.
    Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of vexed
Verb
  • Edman opened the playoffs in center field but moved to shortstop in the third game of the NL Division Series against San Diego, when Miguel Rojas aggravated a left-adductor strain.
    Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The situation was further aggravated in 2022 by a fire at a fuel facility in Matanzas, in the island’s west, which destroyed 40% of the country’s main fuel storage structure.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of aggravated
Verb
  • His support for school vouchers ruffled teachers unions and members of the labor community.
    Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Parrot Tulips Not your everyday tulip, parrot tulips have ruffled or cut petals, giving the impression of feathers, hence the name ('Flaming Parrot' shown here).
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of ruffled
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