Explore Miffed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like annoyed or stung. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Miffed meaning
- Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed.
- Confused; unable to understand.
Synonyms of Miffed
Using Miffed
- The main meaning on this page is: Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed. | Confused; unable to understand.
- Useful related words include: annoyed, stung, steamed, roiled.
- In the example corpus, miffed often appears in combinations such as: miffed at, miffed by, bit miffed.
Context around Miffed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 5 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Miffed
- In this selection, "miffed" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bit, surely and brady stand out and add context to how "miffed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bit miffed and a bit miffed that two. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "miffed" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with miffed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Budget 2019: Why is the market miffed? (7 words)
Pete Alonso was miffed after his eighth-inning strikeout. (9 words)
She said of the latest energy rises: "I am rather miffed. (11 words)
Now she’s living the single life and you’re miffed, but you cannot allow her wealth and confidence to blind you to the fact that she was a cheat who wasn’t a very nice person in the first place. (41 words)
Some Nigerians on Twitter, many of whom were miffed by a report that the members of the House of Representatives were planning to take delivery of exotic cars, have asked the National Assembly when they will emulate the ministers. (39 words)
Some Democrats, meanwhile, were a bit miffed that two of their members, Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA) and Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) did not make the Wednesday evening vote on a motion to adjourn. (35 words)
Budget 2019: Why is the market miffed? (7 words)
The French were thus quite miffed to lose their most valuable colony, which was the largest supplier of sugar to Europe – bringing in huge profits that paid for their “civilized” court life! (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Asked what this goal had done for Shankland, who was surely miffed at being excluded from the original squad, Clarke replied that it had made the player smile.
I was miffed because I had honoured the trust put in me by Terry.
King — who confirmed he lost “a few hundred thousand dollars” amid the 2017 festival’s collapse — is also miffed at McFarland’s apparent prison experience.
She said of the latest energy rises: "I am rather miffed.
Some Democrats, meanwhile, were a bit miffed that two of their members, Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-CA) and Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY) did not make the Wednesday evening vote on a motion to adjourn.
A BetMGM ad released early shows Vince Vaughan saying Tom Brady has won too much to use the betting app and should let others have their turn winning, making Brady miffed.
A Royal author has hinted that Prince Harry's unexpected trip to London on Tuesday might even have left King Charles feeling a bit miffed.
However, their differing media preferences caused friction for the couple in July 2018 when Donald was reportedly miffed to find Melania watching CNN aboard Air Force One during an overseas trip.
Meanwhile, our lot in government will be doing what they do best: looking properly miffed and firing off those fearsome protest letters.
Miffed at the MP’s insinuation, Poyiatzis stressed that the anti-corruption authority would “spare no one”.
Now she’s living the single life and you’re miffed, but you cannot allow her wealth and confidence to blind you to the fact that she was a cheat who wasn’t a very nice person in the first place.
Pete Alonso was miffed after his eighth-inning strikeout.
The French were thus quite miffed to lose their most valuable colony, which was the largest supplier of sugar to Europe – bringing in huge profits that paid for their “civilized” court life!
They were equally hurt and miffed by sudden denial of access to high offices in New Delhi.
Miffed by the persistent attacks by Boko Haram insurgents on soft targets, President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday ordered an aggressive battle against the sect.
Some Nigerians on Twitter, many of whom were miffed by a report that the members of the House of Representatives were planning to take delivery of exotic cars, have asked the National Assembly when they will emulate the ministers.
While the state BJP leaders were miffed, the Opposition used the opportunity to insist that the Governor was in fact working harder than the state government to resolve the dispute.
According to an ANI report, this was not the first time the Haryana CM was miffed at his supporters.
Budget 2019: Why is the market miffed?
For even the local and international observers miffed by what they saw during the election had no hesitation in rejecting the outcome of the election before the results were fully released.
Common combinations with miffed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- miffed at 7×
- miffed by 6×
- bit miffed 4×
- was miffed 3×
- miffed that 3×
- miffed and 3×
- were miffed 3×
- miffed about 3×
- be miffed 3×
- miffed to 2×