pissed off
197
8.6
- idiom
- /pɪst ɔf/
- Informal
:
cabreado
- - Yeah, you got a lot of rights, starting with the right to be pissed off.
- get pissed off
- really pissed off
- very pissed off
That is not what Jack is pissed off about, OK?
- That is not what Jack is pissed off about, OK?
- And I'm going, I was so pissed off, I was so mad.
- My mom was efficient and pissed off and that's where I came from.
- They want people as pissed off and apart as possible.
- Anyway, Dormus is just pissed off that Americans don't know any history.
- And she's all, she's all pissed off because he's in a bad mood.
- I'm, I'm, I'm pissed off because let me tell you something.
- And she said, Scott, you have less right to be pissed off and angry than anyone I know.
Examples
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Yeah, I'm pissed off at her.
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A lot of people are going to be really pissed off when they discover you're still alive.
Fiction book (1995) -
That is not what Jack is pissed off about, OK?
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And they were very pissed off about Israel.
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And he was like pissed off, like angry at the air.
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I thought you were getting pissed off, like she was busy last night.
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We were all pissed off at Joey, who failed to show up or send a card.
Fiction book (1999) -
And I'm going, I was so pissed off, I was so mad.
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And here's the thing, I was really pissed off at the time about it.
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I was really pissed off when I found out they had canceled the concert.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Feeling very annoyed or upset
∞
1.0
Feeling angry or upset with someone
238
3.0
Very angry and ready to shout or complain
121
3.6
Annoyed, bored, or tired because you have had too much of something
68
6.5
Unhappy and annoyed because you feel unfairly treated or disappointed
27
4.1
Feeling very angry and shocked because something seems unfair
23
5.3
Very angry and showing it
19
5.5
Very angry and hard to calm
5
7.9
Feeling angry or annoyed about something
1
8.2
Feeling very annoyed and impatient because of something
1
4.8
Feeling very angry and likely to shout or lose control
1
8.4
Feeling very angry or annoyed
1
7.1
Feeling annoyed or angry
1
4.5
Feeling very angry because someone treated you unfairly
1
8.9
Annoyed and fed up after repeated problems or long delays
1
9.9
Very angry and acting without thinking
1
4.8
Feeling very angry
1
9.8
Very angry or upset
Feeling annoyed or angry
Feeling very angry or annoyed
Feeling annoyed or slightly angry at something
Feeling very furious because someone did something unfair or rude
Feeling more angry or annoyed because of something
Very angry and likely to act violently
Being very angry and hard to calm
Very angry and ready to do something extreme
Feeling extremely angry and acting wildly
Feeling very angry and showing it
Very angry and unable to stay calm
Very angry and acting out of control
Angry and upset because something caused trouble
Feeling very angry and upset
Feeling very angry and annoyed
Very angry because of something unfair or wrong
Antonyms
How Angry
Surface Forms
Morphology
pissed + off
The adjective 'pissed' already encodes anger, so a learner who knows that constituent can plausibly infer the overall meaning; however the particle 'off' does not contribute a literal compositional meaning and functions as an idiomatic/informal intensifier. Because the construction is partly predictable from 'pissed' but relies on a slang particle and has register/pragmatic nuances (and cross‑varietal differences like 'pissed' = drunk in some varieties), it is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase pissed off comes from the rude command 'piss off', which means 'go away'. When someone is so angry they might tell others to 'piss off', people say they are pissed off, so it means 'very angry'.