ticked

adjective

ˈtikt How to pronounce ticked (audio)
Definition of tickednext
as in angry
feeling or showing anger the boss is really ticked about this latest snafu, so now might not be a good time to ask for a raise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ticked
  1. angry
  2. mad
  3. indignant
  4. ballistic
  5. furious
  6. infuriate
Adjective
  • Waves of immigration have sparked an angry ethno-nationalism that advantages ideological extremes.
    Charles A. Kupchan, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Many people were really unhappy, depressed and angry, frustrated.
    Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • The elaborate choreography and colorful vision match Vincente Minnelli’s style but underneath carry a delirious energy equal to Ken Russell’s maddest visions of neurotic excess.
    Armond White, National Review, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Everton had many mad weeks under former owner Farhad Moshiri, but this one has rivalled them.
    Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • While residents had been protesting the order to vacate since it was issued in November, the tenor of their demonstrations, and the rhetoric surrounding the government’s response, took on a darker, more indignant tone in early December, following the arrest of Vivian Hernandez.
    Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
  • And no other post-World War II president faced a powerful Asian adversary like today’s China: large, resourceful, indignant, and determined to claim the central regional position.
    Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2022
Definition of indignant
Adjective
  • Law enforcement officials said after driving into the Bourbon Street crowd and crashing the truck, Mr. Jabbar exited the car wearing a ballistic vest and helmet and fired at police, injuring at least two before he was shot and killed by officers returning fire.
    Kristie Rieken, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Made of ballistic Kevlar with velvet leaves, it was created by designer Tobias Wong in 2004, an era of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of ballistic
Adjective
  • After winning the division to host the championship game, Boston owner and franchise founder George Preston Marshall was furious with the local fans and decided to move the championship game away from his home field to a neutral location: The Polo Grounds in New York.
    Mark Puleo, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Senate Democrats are furious that President-elect Trump has reached out to conservative Justice Samuel Alito amid a push by Trump for the high court to halt his criminal sentencing.
    Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of furious
Adjective
  • The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • The two initiatives appeared to both panic and infuriate Kagame, who viewed them as part of a joint attempt by Tshisekedi and Museveni to sideline him economically and strategically.
    Michela Wrong, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2023
Definition of infuriate
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ticked

ticked (off)

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