DUNNED Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

dunned

verb

past tense of dun

as in annoyed

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Millard was either won over by Makowsky’s passion or annoyed into agreement by his persistence.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026
There is a section of NASCAR fans today that are annoyed that Kyle Larson won the Knoxville race.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of annoyed

Verb

The British Royal Navy, worried about French ships falling into German hands following their ally’s defeat, sunk the fleet in the port of Mers-el-Kébir, near Oran in Algeria.

— Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
Last week, biologists opened pens and freed two birds early, worried they might be killed.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of worried

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If customers have been irked about the thumb-twiddling wait or early closing hours, most aren’t complaining.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2026
Baldur is more circumspect, irked at having temporarily lost his boat in the mishap, and unsettled by Helge’s teasing manner, which could be interpreted as either adversarial or flirtatious.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 26 July 2026

Definition of irked

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Before Tuesday’s joint practice, Harbaugh was exasperated by the multiple questions asked from Chargers’ reporters about the left guard competition.

— Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Usher sweeps through the crowd, his security looking exasperated, with a goblet of cherries, trawling for women.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of exasperated

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But the idea has irritated California’s billionaire class, and some have left the state in protest or threatened to do so.

— Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 29 June 2026
Hasslers, the researchers found, tended to be people who irritated the study respondents but whom the respondents could not escape.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026

Definition of irritated

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Zinn in the years to come was vexed both morally and politically by the impersonality of the killing as a bombardier.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
In the meantime, the deadly encounter has reignited a contentious debate about body cameras, one that has long vexed local officials and pitted some of the city’s progressive groups against each other.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026

Definition of vexed

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Township officials accused me of a power grab and riled up the local township boards, which came out en masse.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
And while enough baseball (and IL time) has happened since then to dim Mayer’s star considerably, there’s enough promise left in him to get Law riled up about the trade.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of riled

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Each presents a group portrait of a handful of disaffected British suburbanites—husbands who resent their deadening jobs, toddlers who whine and interrupt, and, above all, hassled wives subsumed by a crush of household obligations.

— Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
Tzolis routinely joined the press late and hassled the player in possession from his blindside.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of hassled

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