pissed

English

Etymology

• From piss (vulgar)
• From Old French pissier or
• From Latin pissiare

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪst

Verb

pissed

1. Simple past tense and past participle of piss.

Adjective

pissed (comparative more pissed, superlative most pissed)

1. (UK, Australian, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, colloquial) Drunk.
   • 1996, Hunter Davies, The Beatles, page 79:

     The waiters would send us up beer onstage as well as food, so now and again we'd end up getting pissed while we were playing.

2. (US, Canada, vulgar, colloquial) Annoyed, angry.
   • 1987, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. DeSouza, Die Hard, “Holly and Ginny” scene 287:

     That one look pissed Ms. Gennero...

Usage notes

In Canada, pissed can mean either "drunk" or "angry". Pissed off is commonly used instead to ensure a meaning of "angry".

Synonyms

• (drunk): drunk, intoxicated, bladdered, blotto, plastered, rat-arsed; see also Wikisaurus:drunk
• (annoyed, angry): pissed off; see also Wikisaurus:angry

Translations

Drunk

Finnish: kännissä German: betrunken (de), besoffen (de)

Russian: пьяный (ru) (buxój), (colloquial) бухой (ru) (buxój) Spanish: borracho (es)

Annoyed, angry

Finnish: vihainen (fi), vittuuntunut (fi) German: angepisst (de), sauer (de), wütend (de)

Russian: злой (ru) (zloj), сердитый (ru) (serdítyj) Spanish: enojado (es), disgustado (es) Swedish: irriterad (sv)

See also

• pissed as a newt

Anagrams

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