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cheesed off

adjective

  1. slang.
    usually postpositive bored, disgusted, or angry
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cheesed off1

C20: from cheese ²
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Idioms and Phrases

Angry, fed up, annoyed, as in I'm cheesed off about watering their plants twice a week . This term was originally military slang and sometimes put simply as cheesed . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
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Example Sentences

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Does that suggest lots of people are far more cheesed off with the Conservatives than they are lured by Labour?

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"I'm a bit cheesed off, we've been looking forward to this for a long time."

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Connie was a little cheesed off that I’d lied to her about being into government, but then I handed her a file folder.

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"In the end you can see that people were at the end of their tether with it. You could sense that the audience were getting a bit cheesed off," he said.

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One source told The Sunday Times that the queen is "cheesed off" by the broadcast and is open to exploring countermeasures such as stripping Prince Harry and Markle of their titles.

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