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- adjective informal
Irritated ,put out orannoyed . - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
miff .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective aroused to impatience or anger
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Examples
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I was, however, a little miffed from a Doctor Who Journey's End standpoint ... because here we visit some very familiar ground.
TORCHWOOD: CoE Episode 1...Spoilers rabid1st 2009
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Thank you, I thought I was the only one who was miffed about this. (i use the word miffed to be polite, I'd love to use a few stronger ones)
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That’s the story, not that registered Democrats like me remain miffed at Bush’s mistake.
Times/CBS Poll: Iraq Still a Dividing Line - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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In late breaking news, ABC reports (quoting People magazine) that Tiger's wife, Elin Norgreden, is so "miffed" by the Nike ad (her adjective, apparently is "cheesy") that it has pushed her the final step toward divorce.
Kirk Cheyfitz: How Could Tiger, Nike and Donny Be So Dumb? 2010
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In late breaking news, ABC reports (quoting People magazine) that Tiger's wife, Elin Norgreden, is so "miffed" by the Nike ad (her adjective, apparently is "cheesy") that it has pushed her the final step toward divorce.
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I'm betting "miffed" is mild, but it hardly matters.
Rendell On Bill Clinton's Alleged Hard Feelings Towards Obama: "Get Over It," "Shake It Off" 2009
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Either way, it has now become true that Bill is "miffed," and there will be no changing that, ever.
Rendell On Bill Clinton's Alleged Hard Feelings Towards Obama: "Get Over It," "Shake It Off" 2009
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I'd go to my grave "miffed" if I'd spent ten million dollars in a losing cause, too.
Rendell On Bill Clinton's Alleged Hard Feelings Towards Obama: "Get Over It," "Shake It Off" 2009
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He very well may be, and if he is in fact "miffed," Rendell is right; he should get over it.
Rendell On Bill Clinton's Alleged Hard Feelings Towards Obama: "Get Over It," "Shake It Off" 2009
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He stuck his OWN foot in his OWN mouth numerous times during the primary and not wants to act "miffed" at Barack .... why - because if he acts hurt long enough, he is hoping that people are dumb enough to believe that he has a right to be mad ...
Rendell On Bill Clinton's Alleged Hard Feelings Towards Obama: "Get Over It," "Shake It Off" 2009
yarb commented on the word miffed
... So that's the end
of my sabbatical - I'm pretty miffed
(nor, I suppose, is he too chuffed about it).
- Peter Reading, C, 1984
August 2, 2008
bilby commented on the word miffed
"When in Paradise Lost Milton’s Satan stood in the pit of hell and raged at heaven, he was merely a trifle miffed compared to how I felt that day. I felt totally alone, with the world receding from me in every direction and you could have used my anger to weld steel."
- Terry Pratchett, 'I'm slipping away a bit at a time... and all I can do is watch it happen' in dailymail.co.uk, 7 Oct 2008.
October 7, 2008