cheese off en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(slang, transitive) To annoy.
Sony management […] is 'fixing' one part of the triangle at the cost of the other two. This cheeses off software makers more than you can imagine, and it also cheeses off customers.
2007 February 25, Charlie Demerjian, “Sony Euro PS3 debacle risks a major fire storm”, in Inquirer, UK, retrieved 23 Feb 2009:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cheesed off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| cheesed off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| cheeses off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| cheesing off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
harsh one's mellow · grotch · sting · get up · tick off · provoke · give someone the shits · rile up · get someone's nanny-goat · trouble · get on someone's nerves · bug · cheese off · botherate · boil someone's piss · tee off · rankle · mommick · piss off · antagonize · pique · rub someone the wrong way · torque off · persecute · peeve off · burn someone's ass · get on someone's wick · test someone's patience · nark · wind up · get someone's back up · Idioms: · bedevil · hack off · get under someone's skin · acerbate · irk · grate · pee off · hassle · ruffle · burn up · tick off · get someone's goat · rile · tee off · grind one's gears · get · chap someone's hide · irritate · peeve · bother · try one's patience · piss off · storm · nerve · get someone's Irish up · frustrate · rub up the wrong way · get someone's dander up · annoy · roil · devil · disgruntle · vex · ruffle someone's feathers · exasperate · raise someone's hackles · molest · nettle · get on someone's tits · get under one's goat · jazz · pee off · get someone's nanny · put someone's back up · aggravate