Green’s Dictionary of Slang

miffed adj.

annoyed.

1824		(con. 17C) W. Scott Redgauntlet (1827) 75: ‘What needs she another till she gets a gudeman?’ answered my Thetis, a little miffed perhaps — to use the women’s phrase.
1846		D. Corcoran Picking from the Picayune 27: Our new hat had been taken ‘by mistake’ from a party, and a shocking bad one left in its stead, at which we felt ‘miffed’.
1851		M. Reid Scalp-Hunters II 124: ‘No-o,’ slowly drawled Rube, apparently ‘miffed’ at being thus interrupted.
1865		letter in Silber & Sievens Yankee Correspondence (1996) 152: I was in hopes you would keep on the right side of her you know that when she gets a little miff against anyone she will go to all lengths.
1905		A. Binstead Mop Fair 102: Nor would the obstinate old thing admit that she was miffed.
1916		Hall & Niles One Man’s War (1929) 160: Leon was slightly miffed because I didn’t bring home a victory.
1920		E. Hemingway letter 1 Jan. in Baker Sel. Letters (1981) 31: Several girls got a bit miffed because I told ’em they couldn’t dance as well as you all.
1939		W. Winchell On Broadway 8 Oct. [synd. col.] Carmen Miranda [...] saw Imogene Coca’s travesty on her routine [...] and is very miffed about it.
1947		B. Schulberg Harder They Fall (1971) 21: Beth is miffed again — her impatience with me had been increasing lately.
1951		S. Lewis World So Wide 205: But naturally she was miffed – you can’t blame her.
1963		G. Lambert Inside Daisy Clover (1966) 140: I was so miffed.
1974		V.E. Smith Jones Men 39: When he had purchased the El Dorado, his wife had gotten miffed.
1989		T. Blacker Fixx 240: Clearly miffed at the note of realism that I had introduced into the discussion.
1990		S. Morgan Homeboy 50: Sheriff [...] got miffed and one day caught her in a bar and whipped a case on her.
1996		P. Temple Bad Debts (2012) [ebook] He had superior and slightly miffed manner of the waiters in most Melbourne restaurants.
2000		J. Hawes Dead Long Enough 119: I realised to my slightly miffed surprise that neither of them was in the least concerned about what I thought.
2005		B. Hare Urban Grimshaw 78: Life just wasn’t panning out as planned and he grew increasingly miffed.
2006		B. Matthews Intractable [ebook] I was miffed to lose one of the best getaway drivers in Sydney.
2009		(con. 1960s) J. Ellroy Blood’s a Rover 26: Crutch was miffed. He craved some kick-the-door-in action.
2010		L. Redhead Thrill City [ebook] [I] was a little miffed when she wasn’t overly excited about the SWAT team taking down a homicidal writer in my living room.
2012		(con. 1980s) I. Welsh Skagboys 290: A bit miffed, as he loved his dad’s companionship in a pub.
2017		D. Winslow The Force [ebook] ‘Levin,’ Malone says. ‘Why don’t you go home and take a nap. The grown-ups need to talk.’ ‘Okay.’ He’s a little miffed, but he walks away.
2019		M. Herron Joe Country [ebook] ‘You’re miffed because I didn’t bring a bottle’.
2020		C. Hiaasen Squeeze Me 103: They were [...] also miffed by the First Lady’s non-negotiable avoidance of the Palm Beach society scene.