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as in ballistic
feeling or showing anger the boss is really teed off about the loss of one of our most important clients, so it's probably best to avoid him right now

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teed off

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verb

past tense of tee off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teed off
Adjective
  • Sitting in the visiting manager’s office at Yankee Stadium, Brewers manager Pat Murphy declined to go ballistic over the torpedo bats that blew up his pitching staff over the first three games of the season.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Prior to his painting, this transfer class, now called ballistic capture transfers, or weak stability boundary (WSB) transfers, did not exist, Belbruno said.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Certain leave-in products might also be too strong and trigger contact dermatitis—an irritated, itchy reaction that Dr. Cameron says can happen when harsh actives (like salicylic acid and tea tree oil) sit on a sensitive scalp for too long.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Jujube fruit extract and chamomile soothe irritated skin while prebiotics and probiotics support your microbiome.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Harry Belafonte was angry at Martin Luther King’s funeral.
    Made by History, Time, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Related article People are angry at Gen Z taking photos of airport trays.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Most students arrive uninterested and even annoyed at having to take a class outside their major.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Self first timeout came quickly as he was noticeably annoyed at his players for their lack of defensive effort.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The sequence of events clearly angered Bain.
    Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The move angered fans, and a scandal over offensive remarks Richards had made on a podcast led him to quit before his episodes aired.
    Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In the clip, Miyazaki seems neither outraged nor indignant, simply exhausted and annoyed.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2025
  • The officers allow Eddie, indignant and disempowered by the search, to come in to help his son.
    Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Jaclyn doesn’t understand why Laurie is so bothered, and when Kate takes Jaclyn’s side, Laurie brings up how Jaclyn hit on Kate’s husband Dave at her wedding (!).
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Sam and Ivar couldn’t seem less bothered.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Bears lost Brown’s first four games as head coach by an average score of 27-11 while the offense sputtered to an average of 252 yards during that span.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The offense sputtered and trailed 6-3 at halftime, producing only a 47-yard field goal by Zane Gonzalez in the first half.
    Ben Standig, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Teed off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teed%20off. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.

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