as in listed
to specify one after another
ticked off everything she would need to buy while her daughter wrote the items down on a list
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as in admonished
to criticize (someone) so as to correct a fault
she royally ticked the babysitter off for letting the child play outside unsupervised
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as in angered
to make angry
it really ticks me off when someone says something like that
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Recent Examples of ticked (off)
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
In his remarks, DeSantis ticked off serious criminal offenses, including rape and murder, for about a dozen of the more than 20,000 immigration offenders held there and then deported by the federal government.
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Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
That shot into the left corner ticked off Pickford's hand.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Week after week, his digits splayed across his helmet in anguish after passes ticked off his hands and into the grass.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Now, having ticked off the red carpet circuit.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 May 2026
For every scene that feels false or unnecessary, there is one that works well; for every plot point that feels ticked off a checklist, something surprising pops up.
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Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Luke training with Yoda and each kinda getting ticked off at the other is priceless.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
By 1807 Burr had shot one Founding Father and thoroughly ticked off another, who just happened to be president.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 May 2026
Verb
Getting through the group stage ticked off one box.
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Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
26 June 2026
In his remarks, DeSantis ticked off serious criminal offenses, including rape and murder, for about a dozen of the more than 20,000 immigration offenders held there and then deported by the federal government.
—
Miami Herald,
25 June 2026
That shot into the left corner ticked off Pickford's hand.
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ABC News,
17 June 2026
Week after week, his digits splayed across his helmet in anguish after passes ticked off his hands and into the grass.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
Now, having ticked off the red carpet circuit.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
25 May 2026
For every scene that feels false or unnecessary, there is one that works well; for every plot point that feels ticked off a checklist, something surprising pops up.
—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Luke training with Yoda and each kinda getting ticked off at the other is priceless.
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Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
By 1807 Burr had shot one Founding Father and thoroughly ticked off another, who just happened to be president.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
19 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ticked (off)
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The family's address was listed as a room at the Econo Lodge Motel in Wooster Township.
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Events listed on the calendar range from neighborhood gatherings and historical commemorations to concerts, family activities and civic engagement programs.
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Beyond failing to qualify for the 2024 Euros, Barbarez admonished the association’s leadership for its 2022 decision to schedule friendlies with Russia soon after it was banned by FIFA and UEFA for invading Ukraine.
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Suffolk County Sheriff's Office Judge Timothy Mazzei then admonished Heuermann.
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They also have been angered by Kennedy’s attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
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They've also been angered by Kennedy's attempts to link vaccines to autism, going against decades of research that show no such link, and his framing of autism as a debilitating disease.
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He and Feddon recited prayers, which the priest had found for him, that pilgrims have spoken for generations along the Camino.
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Watching the hearing via Zoom from a prison holding room, Powell wiped his eyes and sighed heavily as Cribbs once again recited the facts of the case before Judge Rachelle Carnesale, explaining when Walton was fatally shot.
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Wimbledon fashion is also something that can get patrons in trouble, with Andy Samberg saying he was reprimanded for wearing black jeans in the Royal Box.
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Anne White was famously reprimanded for wearing a skin-tight unitard during her first-round match in June 1985.
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When my friends found relief, they were thrilled—and infuriated.
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By the second half, the two teams meandering about the pitch infuriated everyone not on the pitch.
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Davis remembered once being scolded as a teenager by her mother after being caught speaking poorly of a classmate.
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Well versed in what the lunar surface truly offers, Britt scolded a number of arty accounts of lunar territory promulgated by both NASA and commercial space ventures.
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The story enraged campus and district officials and played a role in Stapleton’s ousting, despite a later retraction.
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The film’s director, uptight Euro expat Max (Christoph Waltz), is initially enraged by their hijacking of the shoot, but his studio fatcat bosses (both voiced by Jeff Bridges) love the unhinged results.
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“Ticked (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ticked%20%28off%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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