browned off

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browned off (comparative more browned off, superlative most browned off)

1. (idiomatic, slang) Annoyed, upset, angry, bored, fed up, disgusted

   Bob was browned off when he was passed over for promotion.

   • 1949, Pvt. Hill, AWOL From U.S. Army, Toured Britain Three Years As Lady Fire Eater, Grape Belt And Chautauqua Farmer - 10 June 1949

     "I went AWOL because I was browned off with being a latrine orderly and not because I wanted hazardous duty," Hill said in making his plea.

   • 1958, Government Plans To Merge Some Defence Services, Sydney Morning Herald - 28 March 1958

     "Some of our young troop get a bit browned off will constant criticism."

• brassed off
• cheesed off
• peed off
• pissed off
• teed off
• ticked off

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

• “browned off”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.