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miffed

Adjective

  1. 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”
  1. Informal somewhat annoyed; peeved she turned around, looking slightly miffed | she was miffed at not being invited

Verb

  1. 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

  1. 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