Miffed (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The chef was miffed that his team had botched the order for the third time that night.
- Her parents were miffed that she had decided to drop out of college after only one semester.
- The teacher was miffed that the students were still chatting after he had told them twice to settle down.
- The new employee was miffed that she had been assigned to work under someone with much less experience.
- The customer was miffed that the restaurant had run out of his favorite dish on a Friday night.