miffed
Adjective
- aroused to impatience or anger; “made an irritated gesture”; “feeling nettled from the constant teasing”; “peeved about being left out”; “felt really pissed at her snootiness”; “riled no end by his lies”; “roiled by the delay”
- Synonyms
- annoyed
- irritated
- nettled
- peeved
- pissed
- pissed off
- riled
- roiled
- steamed
- stung
- Similar to
- Informal somewhat annoyed; peeved
she turned around, looking slightly miffed | she was miffed at not being invited
Verb
- Informal usually "be miffed" annoy
she was slightly miffed at not being invited
Origin
early 17th century (as noun): perhaps imitative; compare with early modern German muff, an exclamation of disgust
Thesaurus
Adjective
- she was slightly miffed at not being invited
Similar Words: annoyed displeased offended aggrieved piqued riled nettled vexed irked irritated upset hurt pained put out in a huff fed up chagrined disgruntled discontented resentful peeved narked browned off hacked off cheesed off not best pleased sore pissed off
Opposites: pleased