Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US) irritated, annoyed.

1928		Staffs Sentinel 24 Feb. 11/2: [cartoon] ‘Miffy’ Ticked Off / Heavens! Ten past ten and no office boy again’.
1959		L.P. Boone ‘Gator Sl.’ AS XXXIV:2 156: When one is angry, he’s ticked or teed off.
1968		‘Hy Lit’ Hy Lit’s Unbelievable Dict. of Hip Words 41: ticked off – Someone’s angry; bugged.
1979		G. Swarthout Skeletons 50: The more paper I shuffled, the more ticked-off I became.
1986		H.B. Gilmour Pretty in Pink 119: I’m a little ticked off at all you guys for being so rude to her.
1993		M. Myers et al. Wayne’s World II [film script] She decided not to come. She’s ticked at me for some reason.
1995		C. Hiaasen Stormy Weather 116: No doubt the kid was ticked when Snapper retrofitted that compact disc up his ass. [Ibid.] 211: She was still ticked off about the hurricane excursion.
1998		L. Stringer Grand Central Winter (1999) 181: This gets me slightly ticked.
2000		Star-Gaz. (Elmira, NY) 16 June 30/5: She’s totally ticked off.
2020		A. Trebek The Answer Is 267: When I started doing crossword puzzles, I couldn’t do them for diddly. And now I’m ticked if I don’t finish them.
2023		A. Parks To Die in June 22: The doorman looked like a ticked-off schoolboy.