burned (up)

verb

variants or burnt (up)
Definition of burned (up)next
past tense of burn (up)
as in annoyed
to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts seeing people violate smoking bans really burns me up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burned (up)
  1. annoyed
  2. bothered
  3. put out
  4. aggravated
Verb
  • An engineer at the company, Charlie Ward, was annoyed with Amazon’s Super Saving Shipping service, which offered customers free shipping if their order was $25 or more.
    Brian Solis, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Someone eating off my plate definitely annoyed me in most situations, but this felt different.
    Jodie Platt, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Definition of annoyed
Verb
  • They cannot be bothered with solving the day-to-day needs-to-survive of their charges.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
  • What really bothered me wasn't so much losing my job, but that BorgWarner continued to do business in Russia while I was being held prisoner there.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of bothered
Verb
  • The Democratic Party should be put out of its misery.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The firm put out an analysis in late September of U.S. companies with the greatest degree of China exposure: Ford, Carrier, Apple, Tesla, Coca Cola, Cummins, RTX Corporation, Honeywell, Walt Disney and Caterpillar.
    Sonia Heng,Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of put out
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  • Edman opened the playoffs in center field but moved to shortstop in the third game of the NL Division Series against San Diego, when Miguel Rojas aggravated a left-adductor strain.
    Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The situation was further aggravated in 2022 by a fire at a fuel facility in Matanzas, in the island’s west, which destroyed 40% of the country’s main fuel storage structure.
    Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of aggravated
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burned (up)

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“Burned (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burned%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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