pissed

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   angryadjectivemildly vulgarcolloquialAustraliaCanadaUS

   Annoyed or angry.

   He was pissed at his roommate for eating the leftovers he'd saved for lunch.

   By the third delay, the passengers at the gate were getting seriously pissed.

   Similarangry, annoyed, mad, furious, irritated

   Oppositepleased, calm

   Note

   Anger in this sense is aimed with at: pissed at Bill, pissed at his roommate. It grades as freely as angry does, so speakers say even more pissed or seriously pissed. Mildly vulgar and colloquial, it suits film dialogue like Die Hard’s (1987) “That one looks pissed” far better than a formal complaint.

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   drunkadjectivemildly vulgarcolloquialAustraliaIrelandUK

   Intoxicated from drinking alcohol.

   By midnight half the wedding guests were pissed and singing along with the band.

   We ended up getting pissed on cheap lager in a friend's flat after the match.

   Similardrunk, hammered, plastered, sloshed, wasted

   Oppositesober

   Note

   Across Britain, Ireland and Australia this is the everyday, mildly vulgar word for having drunk too much, and it pairs naturally with get: end up getting pissed, getting more and more pissed. Americans and Canadians hear the angry meaning instead, so a sentence that is plain in a London pub can mislead in Chicago; Australians use both, and the setting decides.

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   peedverb

   Past tense and past participle of piss.

   Someone had pissed against the wall of the alley overnight.

   The drunk fan was arrested after he pissed on a police car.

   Note

   One spelling, already in use in Middle English, serves as both simple past and past participle, and every use is mildly vulgar. Rain can be the subject: it pissed down all weekend. In British, Irish and Commonwealth speech the verb can also mean to manage something easily, so someone who pissed an exam passed it without effort. Both adjectives, drunk and angry, are this participle put to new work.

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