cheesed off

adjective

1. slang,  (usually postpositive) bored, disgusted, or angry

Word History and Origins

Origin of cheesed off¹

C20: from _cheese ²

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]

Example Sentences

"People are voting for Plaid Cymru because they're cheesed off with Labour and they now have an alternative."

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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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