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[ adjective ] aroused to impatience or anger
Examples "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" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Still another , annoyed by the brevity of a recently received missive , wrote : `` Yore letter was short_and_sweet , jist like a roasted maget '' . (George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)He hung_up with a bang , annoyed at himself for running_off_at_the_mouth like that but still terribly concerned with the situation he had helped to create . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] aroused to impatience or anger
Examples "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" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances
Examples "harassed working mothers" "a harried expression" "her poor pestered father had to endure her constant interruptions" "the vexed parents of an unruly teenager" Related terms |
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