miffed

miffed

Irritated and mildly angry. Typically used with modifiers such as "pretty" or "a little." I was a little miffed to find out the promotion had gone to someone else, especially after all the extra work I'd done for the company over the last month. You might want to give Mom a wide berth, Tom—she's pretty miffed at the moment.

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miffed

mod. angry. She was a little miffed when I failed to show up, but she calmed down after a while.

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