Meanings
comparative more miffed · superlative most miffed
- informalSomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.
Donors might be miffed to find that a magnificent gift was not earmarked for rescue.
2021 November 27, “In preparing for disasters, museums face tough choices”, in The Economist2 more examples
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.
2003, Jim Brewington, Let There Be Light Please!, →ISBN, page 130And also, it's generally not a good idea to prank someone who's already miffed at you.
2018, Josh Scorcher, Taking "28 Pranks Later" too Seriously - UKregionalConfused; unable to understand.
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of miff
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivearoused to impatience or anger
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 有點惱火 /有点恼火
- 有點惱火 /有点恼火 (yǒudiǎn nǎohuǒ)somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Czech namíchnutý, dotčený
- namíchnutýsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- dotčenýsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- naštvanýsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- nakrknutýsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Dutch geïrriteerd, op de tenen getrapt
- geïrriteerdsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- op de tenen getraptsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Finnish loukkaantunut, ärsyyntynyt
- loukkaantunutsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- ärsyyntynytsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
French irrité
- irritésomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
German angefressen, übelgenommen
- angefressensomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- übelgenommensomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- verschnupftsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Polish poirytowany
- poirytowanysomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Portuguese indignado(a)
- indignado(a)somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Russian разозлённый, раздражённый
- разозлённый (razozljónnyj)somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- раздражённый (razdražónnyj)somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Spanish indignado, irritado
- indignadosomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- irritadosomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Swedish sur, småsur
- sursomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- småsursomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Turkish dargın, gücenmiş
- dargınsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- gücenmişsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
- kırılmışsomewhat indignant, irritated, angry, put out or annoyed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with miffed
Cite this entry
miffed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miffed
“miffed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miffed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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