miffed

English

Etymology

miff +‎ -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪft/, enPR: mĭft

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• Rhymes: -ɪft

Adjective

miffed (comparative more miffed, superlative most miffed)

1. (informal) Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed.
   • 2003, Jim Brewington, Let There Be Light Please!, →ISBN, page 130:

     I was miffed at Rick for his behavior. I was miffed at the coach, not for his naivete of deafness, but for his arrogance, which converted his ignorance to stupidity.

   • 2018, Josh Scorcher, Taking "28 Pranks Later" too Seriously:

     And also, it's generally not a good idea to prank someone who's already miffed at you.

   • 2021 November 27, “In preparing for disasters, museums face tough choices”, in The Economist‎^[1]:

     Donors might be miffed to find that a magnificent gift was not earmarked for rescue.

2. (UK, regional) Confused; unable to understand.

Translations

somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有點惱火／有点恼火 (yǒudiǎn nǎohuǒ)

• Dutch: geïrriteerd (nl), op de tenen getrapt
• Finnish: loukkaantunut (fi), ärsyyntynyt (fi)
• French: irrité (fr)
• German: (colloquial) angefressen (de), übelgenommen (de), (colloquial) verschnupft (de)
• Malagasy: tezitra (mg), monamonaina (mg), leo (mg)
• Polish: poirytowany
• Portuguese: indignado(a) m or f
• Russian: разозлённый (razozljónnyj), раздражённый (ru) (razdražónnyj)
• Spanish: indignado (es), irritado (es)
• Swedish: sur (sv), småsur
• Turkish: dargın (tr), gücenmiş (tr), kırılmış (tr)

Verb

miffed

1. simple past and past participle of miff