piss off

See also: pissoff and piss-off

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

piss off (third-person singular simple present pisses off, present participle pissing off, simple past and past participle pissed off) (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial)

1. (Commonwealth, intransitive) To leave, to go away. [from mid-20th c.]

   Synonyms: bugger off, fuck off, get lost, cock off, pee off, rack off, take a hike; see also Thesaurus:leave

   They've pissed off and left us in the lurch!

   Why don't you piss off and leave us alone?

2. (transitive) To annoy, anger.

   Synonyms: cheese off, pee off, tee off, tick off, torque off; see also Thesaurus:annoy, Thesaurus:enrage

   What really pisses me off about my job is that I have to get up at six o'clock.

   • 2011, Mayer Hawthorne, “The Walk”, in How Do You Do:

     Baby, what you doin' now? / You're pissin' me off / But your hair is so luxurious / And your lips are so soft

   • 2022 October 5, Lauren Harby, “What We Know About Celine Dion's Health Battle”, in The List‎^[1]:

     It pisses people off that I am thin and I don't make any effort.

Usage notes

• All senses can accommodate intensifiers between the two words, though the choice of intensifier is limited to just a handful of words:

• They just left us this mess and pissed the fuck off, eh?
• Cleaning others' mess really pisses me right off.

Derived terms

• POETS day
• pissoff

Translations

to leave, to go away

• Bulgarian: махай се (mahaj se), разкарай се (razkaraj se)
• Catalan: anar-se'n (ca), fotre el camp (ca) (vulgar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滾開 / 滚开 (zh) (gǔnkāi), 滾球 / 滚球 (zh) (gǔnqiú), 滾 / 滚 (zh) (gǔn)

• Czech: vysmahnout pf, odprejsknout (cs) pf, odpálit (cs) pf
• Dutch: flikker op (nl), optiefen (nl), oppleuren (nl), ophoepelen (nl), oprotten (nl), opflikkeren (nl), opdonderen (nl), ophoeren, oplazeren (nl), opsodemieteren (nl), wegwezen (nl), opsodeflikkeren
• Esperanto: forpisiĝi
• Finnish: (vulgar) painua vittuun, (less vulgar) painua hiiteen, häipyä (fi)
• French: se casser (fr), se barrer (fr), se tirer (fr)
• German: sich verpissen (de)
• Greek: τσακίσου (el) (tsakísou)
• Hebrew: התחפף (he) (hitkhaféf)
• Italian: svignarsela, andare a fanculo (vulgar)
• Japanese: 失せる (ja) (うせる, useru)
• Korean: 꺼지다 (ko) (kkeojida)
• Macedonian: оди мочај (odi močaj, literally “go and piss”)
• Norwegian: stikk av
• Portuguese: cai fora (pt)
• Romanian: dispărea (ro), (used as an interjection in: "dispari!"), se căra (ro), întinde (ro), (used as an interjection in: "întinde-o!"), șterge (used as an interjection in: "șterge-o!")
• Russian: убира́ться (ru) impf (ubirátʹsja), кати́ться (ru) impf (katítʹsja), сва́ливать (ru) impf (sválivatʹ), вали́ть (ru) impf (valítʹ), свали́ть (ru) pf (svalítʹ) (colloquial), прова́ливать (ru) impf (proválivatʹ) (colloquial), съёбываться impf (sʺjóbyvatʹsja) (very vulgar), съеба́ться (ru) pf (sʺjebátʹsja) (very vulgar), идти́ на́ хуй impf (idtí ná xuj) (very vulgar), пойти́ на́ хуй pf (pojtí ná xuj) (very vulgar)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: губи се, одјеби

  Latin: gubi se, odjebi (sh)

• Spanish: pirar (es)
• Swedish: sticka av, sticka och brinna, dra åt skogen (sv)

to annoy

• Arabic: ضَايَقَ (ḍāyaqa), زَعَجَ (zaʕaja)
• Azerbaijani: əsəbini pozmaq
• Bulgarian: дразня (bg) (draznja), ядосвам (bg) (jadosvam)
• Catalan: emprenyar (ca), empipar (ca)
• Czech: nakrknout pf, nasrat (cs) pf, dožrat pf
• Esperanto: ĝenaĉi, tedaĉi, fotri (literary, neologism)
• Finnish: ärsyttää (fi), potuttaa (fi), (vulgar) vituttaa (fi), ottaa päähän (fi), ottaa kupoliin
• French: faire chier (fr), casser les couilles (fr), emmerder (fr), péter les couilles (fr)
• German: anpissen (de), ankotzen (de)
• Hebrew: עצבן (itsbén)
• Hungarian: idegesít (hu), felidegesít (hu), feldühít (hu), felbosszant (hu)
• Italian: far incazzare, far girare i coglioni, far girare le palle, rompere i coglioni, rompere il cazzo
• Japanese: いらいらさせる (ja) (iraira saseru)
• Latvian: kaitināt
• Māori: whakahōhā
• Portuguese: chatear (pt)
• Romanian: scoate din pepeni, scoate din sărite, scoate din minți, fute la cap (vulgar), fute la icre (vulgar), fute la melodie (vulgar), freca la cap (informal), freca la icre (informal), freca la melodie (informal)
• Russian: злить (ru) impf (zlitʹ), разозли́ть (ru) pf (razozlítʹ), выводи́ть из себя́ impf (vyvodítʹ iz sebjá), вы́вести из себя́ pf (vývesti iz sebjá), раздража́ть (ru) impf (razdražátʹ), беси́ть (ru) impf (besítʹ), взбеси́ть (ru) pf (vzbesítʹ), достава́ть (ru) impf (dostavátʹ) (colloquial), доста́ть (ru) pf (dostátʹ) (colloquial), заёбывать impf (zajóbyvatʹ) (very vulgar), заеба́ть (ru) pf (zajebátʹ) (very vulgar)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ићи на курац impf (vulgar)

  Latin: ići na kurac impf (vulgar)

• Spanish: cabrear (es), mosquear (es), asquear (es), repatear (es), tocar los cojones, tocar los huevos, joder (es), putear (es), emputar (es), cagarse (es)
• Tagalog: galitin

Interjection

piss off!

1. (Commonwealth, idiomatic, vulgar, dismissal) Go away!

   Synonyms: bugger off, fuck off, get lost; see also Thesaurus:go away

   Piss off, pal! This is my work table and yours is in the corner.

Translations

interjection of telling someone: go away!

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• Finnish: painu vittuun, häivy
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• German: verpiss dich!
• Hebrew: תתחפף m (titkhaféf), תתחפפי f (titkhafefí)
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• Italian: vaffanculo (it) (literally “fuck off”) (vulgar, with many variants)
• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 失せろ
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• Polish: spieprzaj
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• Romanian: marș! (ro)
• Russian: вали́! (ru) (valí!), отвали́! (otvalí!), свали́! pf (svalí!), сва́ливай! impf (sválivaj!), прова́ливай! impf (proválivaj!), съеби́! pf (sʺjebí!) (very vulgar), съёбывай! impf (sʺjóbyvaj!) (very vulgar), съеби́сь! pf (sʺjebísʹ!) (very vulgar), съёбывайся! impf (sʺjóbyvajsja!) (very vulgar)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: марш!

  Latin: marš! (sh)

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