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miff - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: miff
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: annoy
Synonyms: aggrieve, bother, displease, hurt, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, pester, pique, provoke, put out, resent, upset, vex
Antonyms: appease, mollify, please
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: state of being mad, annoyed
Synonyms: acrimony, animosity, annoyance, antagonism, blow up*, chagrin, choler, dander*, displeasure, distemper, enmity, exasperation, fury, gall, hatred, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, irritability, irritation, mad, miff, outrage, passion, peevishness, petulance, pique, rage, rankling, resentment, stew, storm, tantrum, temper, tiff, umbrage, vexation, violence, cat fit, conniption, disapprobation, hissy fit, ill humor, ill temper, infuriation, irascibility, slow burn, soreness
Antonyms: calmness, contentment, enjoyment, good nature, happiness, joy, peace, agreeability, pleasantness
Main Entry: anger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make someone mad; become mad
Synonyms: acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up*, boil over*, boil*, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on*, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up*, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex
Antonyms: calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe
Main Entry: annoy
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: irritate, upset
Synonyms: abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on
Antonyms: aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy
Main Entry: controversy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: debate, dispute
Synonyms: altercation, argument, beef*, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, embroilment, falling-out*, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff*, words, wrangle, bickering, dissention, polemic, wrangling
Antonyms: accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet
Main Entry: distress
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: worry, upset
Synonyms: afflict, aggrieve, agonize, ail, be on one's case, bother, break, bug, burn up, depress, desolate, discombobulate, disquiet, disturb, do a number on, dog*, eat*, get to*, get*, give a hard time, grieve, harass, harry, hound, hurt, injure, irk, irritate, make it tough for, miff, nag, needle, nit-pick, oppress, pain, peeve, perplex, pester, pick on, plague, push, push buttons, rack, sadden, strain, strap, stress, tick off*, torment, torture, trouble, try, vex, weigh, wound
Antonyms: assist, calm, comfort, help, soothe
Main Entry: huff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: bad mood
Synonyms: anger, annoyance, dudgeon, miff, offense, passion, perturbation, pet*, pique, rage, stew*, temper, tiff, umbrage, snit
Antonyms: delight, happiness, good mood
Main Entry: imbroglio
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: misunderstanding; fight
Synonyms: altercation, argument, brawl, broil*, brouhaha*, complexity, complication, dispute, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, falling-out*, involvement, miff*, quandary, quarrel, row, run-in*, soap opera*, spat, squabble, bickering, flack, knock-down-drag-out
Antonyms: agreement, peacemaking
Main Entry: indignation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anger
Synonyms: animus, danger, displeasure, exasperation, fury, huff*, ire, mad, miff*, pique, rage, resentment, rise, scorn, umbrage, wrath, boiling point, slow burn
Antonyms: glee, happiness, joy
Main Entry: irk
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: aggravate; rub the wrong way
Synonyms: abrade, annoy, bother, bug*, discommode, disturb, eat*, fret, gall, harass, inconvenience, irritate, miff, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out*, rasp, rile, ruffle, trouble, vex, get on nerves, get to*, give a hard time, incommode, make waves
Antonyms: delight, please
Main Entry: nettle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: provoke, upset
Synonyms: annoy, chafe, disgust, disturb, exasperate, fret, get*, goad, harass, huff, incense, insult, irritate, miff, peeve*, pester, pet, pique, put out*, rile, roil, ruffle, stew*, sting*, tease, tiff*, vex, snit
Antonyms: appease, mollify, please
Main Entry: offend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: displease, insult
Synonyms: affront, aggrieve, anger, annoy, antagonize, disgust, disoblige, distress, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, horrify, hurt, irritate, jar, miff, nauseate, nettle, outrage, pain, pique, provoke, repel, repulse, rile, shock, sicken, sin, slight, slur, snub, sting, transgress, trespass, upset, vex, wound, zing*, be disagreeable, disgruntle, turn one off
Antonyms: compliment, please
Main Entry: peeve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bother, annoy
Synonyms: T-off, aggravate, anger, bug*, bum*, burn*, disturb, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get one's goat, hack*, irk, irritate, miff*, nettle, pique, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rub the wrong way*, steam*, vex
Antonyms: attract, charm, enchant, please
Main Entry: pique
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: anger, irritation
Synonyms: annoyance, blowup*, dander*, displeasure, flare-up, grudge, huff, hurt, irk, miff*, offense, peeve, pet*, provocation, resentment, rise, ruckus*, sore*, stew*, storm*, tiff*, umbrage, vexation, conniption, slow burn, snit
Notes: peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate'
Antonyms: cheer, happiness, joy
Main Entry: pique
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: offend, provoke
Synonyms: absorb, affront, annoy, arouse, bother, bug*, displease, egg on*, exasperate, excite, gall, galvanize, get*, goad, grab, ignite, incense, irk, irritate, kindle, miff*, mortify, motivate, move, nettle, offend, peeve, prick, put out*, quicken, rile, rouse, spur, stimulate, sting*, stir, vex, whet, work up*, wound, fire up, get a rise out of, get under skin, give a hard time, give the business, goose*, make waves
Antonyms: delight, please
Main Entry: spat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dispute, quarrel
Synonyms: altercation, argument, beef*, brouhaha, conflict, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, dissension, embroilment, falling-out, feud, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff*, misunderstanding, row, rumpus*, run-in*, squabble, strife, tiff, words, bickering
Main Entry: tiff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: argument
Synonyms: altercation, difference, disagreement, dispute, falling-out*, fit, huff*, miff*, pet, quarrel, row*, run-in*, scrap, spat, squabble, sulk, tantrum, temper, words, wrangle, bad mood, bickering
Antonyms: agreement, harmony
Main Entry: umbrage
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: personal displeasure
Synonyms: anger, annoyance, chagrin, exasperation, fury, grudge, huff, indignation, injury, ire, irritation, miff*, offense, pique, provoking, rage, resentment, vexation, wrath, high dudgeon, irking, nettling, sense of injury
Antonyms: happiness, like, love, pleasure
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