Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(orig. US) furious, very annoyed; bored.

a.1945		in Campbell & Campbell War Paint 122: [aircraft nose art] Sorta Pistof.
1945		in T. Shibutani Derelicts of Company K (1978) 250: I know your CO gets pissed off about it.
1957		J. Blake letter 15 July in Joint (1972) 104: Your horn sounds like it’s sore about something. What’s it pissed off about, besides the joint, I mean?
1961		T.I. Rubin In the Life 17: Maybe I am p’d off.
1978		J. Webb Fields of Fire (1980) 12: Senator’s pissed off again.
1985		‘Thommo’ Dict. Aus. Swearing & Sex Sayings 71: I’M PISSED OFF — A feeling of being annoyed, irritated or disappointed.
1989		T. Blacker Fixx 158: A deal goes down the tubes, I’m pissed off as hell.
1998		Hip-Hop Connection Dec. 8: Behind every poor review, there’s a pissed-off press officer.
2005		M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read Chopper 4 157: We were all a bit pissed off – as we had put a packet on Turfcutter to win, and the bloody thing came in third.
2009		L. McIlvanney All the Colours 171: I came to [...] let him know that I wasn’t pissed off.
2010		L. Redhead Thrill City [ebook] Nick would be pissed off, the cops would have the shits and I’d be a laughing stock.
2012		M. McBride Frank Sinatra in a Blender [ebook] He left Cowboy Roy’s one pissed off son-of-a-bitch and vowed never to return.
2015		L. McInerney Glorious Heresies 26: [S]she’s fucking beautiful when she’s pissed off, even if it’s pissed off with me.
2015		S. King Finders Keepers (2016) 20: His horn - a long, pissed-off blat that made people [...] look around.
2018		C. Hammer Scrublands [ebook] ‘I was right pissed off’.
2019		M. Herron Joe Country [ebook] ‘He’s been kind of pissed off’.
2020		G. Disher Consolation 42: Was the district full of pissed-off citizens?
2021		J. Ellroy Widespread Panic 29: ‘I’m swamped with pissed-off husbands and wives’.
2023		M. Herron Secret Hours 17: He was well pissed off about it.