cheesed off

chiefly British
as in angry
feeling or showing anger I was really cheesed off that they made me go to the back of the queue

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheesed off
Adjective
  • But Democrats are angry and want leaders who are generally younger and uniformly more willing to take on President Donald Trump.
    W. James Antle III, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
  • When conducting immigration raids, federal agents from the D.H.S., including Border Patrol, and from the F.B.I. often do interact with crowds of angry community members.
    Bora Erden, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • Further, Israel’s previous attacks on Iran in April and October 2024 managed to degrade Iran’s ballistic and surface-to-air missiles and air defense radar systems.
    Javed Ali, The Conversation, 13 June 2025
  • The system is intended to protect the United States from ballistic, cruise and hypersonic missiles, and missiles launched from space.
    Iain Boyd, Space.com, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Despite the fact that nobody present has any interest in ecclesiastical architecture, the meetings are hot with petty slights, indignant stares, fragile alliances and hostile incursions.
    New York Times, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • The reaction from agency and network veterans was swift and indignant.
    David Folkenflik, NPR, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Fast, not scared to use his front bumper, don't care if somebody gets mad about it and on the verge of becoming a star.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 June 2025
  • Netflix won’t need a mad genius to figure out that Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein needs to be brought to life on the biggest screen possible.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Adjective
  • Ripley capped off a furious comeback with a Razor’s Edge toss of Perez onto Giulia, followed by a slam onto a ladder lodged between the first and second ropes.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
  • Then came the very public split between President Trump and Elon Musk, and a flurry of furious Twitter/X and Truth Social postings, aimed at each other with razor-sharp edges.
    Space.com Staff, Space.com, 7 June 2025
Adjective
  • Like across-the-board tariffs, which would eat into profit margins and infuriate investors.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The results, which are beautifully austere, flooded by sunlight but somehow cold, infuriate Van Buren, played with a masculine bluster by Guy Pearce, who sounds as if his idea of the Breakfast of Champions was a bowl of ground glass drowned in whole milk.
    Tom Gliatto, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • As soon as the decision is made, Teeny is hopping mad.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Russian officials were hopping mad when Biden went ahead anyway.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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“Cheesed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheesed%20off. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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