Thesaurus / miff
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All the tufts were down flat, and he stood motionless while Mrs Miff retreated.
MY DOGGIE AND IR.M. BALLANTYNEMrs Miff fled in deadly silence to her own bedroom, where she locked and bolted herself in.
MY DOGGIE AND IR.M. BALLANTYNE“Mrs Miff seems to have forgotten us this morning, Dumps,” I remarked, pulling out my watch.
MY DOGGIE AND IR.M. BALLANTYNEMr Sownds the beadle is more liberal than Mrs Miff—but then he is not a pew-opener.
DOMBEY AND SONCHARLES DICKENSA vinegary face has Mrs Miff, and a mortified bonnet, and eke a thirsty soul for sixpences and shillings.
DOMBEY AND SONCHARLES DICKENSMr Sownds is sitting on the steps and Mrs Miff is dusting in the church, when a young couple, plainly dressed, come in.
DOMBEY AND SONCHARLES DICKENSWORDS RELATED TO MIFF
- T-offs
- abrades
- agitates
- asks for it
- badgers
- bears
- bedevils
- beleaguers
- bothers
- breaks
- bugs
- burns up
- chafes
- displeases
- distresses
- disturbs
- egg on
- exasperates
- fires up
- galls
- gets
- gnaws
- harasses
- harries
- heats up
- henpecks
- hits where one lives
- irks
- is at
- is on the back of
- maddens
- makes waves
- miffs
- nags
- needles
- nettles
- nudges
- peeves
- perturbs
- pesters
- plagues
- provokes
- pushes button
- rides
- riles
- ruffles
- teases
- ticks off
- troubles
- turns off
- vexes
- works on
- worries
- altercation
- beef
- bickering
- bone of contention
- brawl
- broil
- brouhaha
- commotion
- conflict
- contention
- controversy
- debate
- difference of opinion
- disagreement
- discord
- discussion
- dissension
- disturbance
- embroilment
- falling-out
- feud
- fireworks
- flare-up
- fracas
- friction
- fuss
- hubbub
- miff
- misunderstanding
- polemic
- quarrel
- row
- rumpus
- squabble
- squall
- strife
- tiff
- uproar
- variance
- words
- wrangle
- afflict
- aggrieve
- agonize
- ail
- be on one's case
- bother
- break
- bug
- burn up
- depress
- desolate
- discombobulate
- disquiet
- disturb
- do a number on
- dog
- eat
- get
- get to
- give a hard time
- grieve
- harass
- harry
- hound
- hurt
- injure
- irk
- irritate
- make it tough for
- miff
- nag
- needle
- nit-pick
- oppress
- pain
- peeve
- perplex
- pester
- pick on
- plague
- push
- push buttons
- rack
- sadden
- strain
- strap
- stress
- tick off
- torment
- torture
- trouble
- try
- vex
- weigh
- wound
- afflicts
- aggrieves
- agonizes
- ails
- bothers
- breaks
- bugs
- burns up
- depresses
- desolates
- discombobulates
- disquiets
- disturbs
- does a number on
- dogs
- eats
- gets
- gets to
- gives a hard time
- grieves
- harasses
- harries
- hounds
- hurts
- injures
- irks
- irritates
- is on one's case
- makes it tough for
- miffs
- nags
- needles
- nit-picks
- oppresses
- pains
- peeves
- perplexes
- pesters
- picks on
- plagues
- pushes
- pushes buttons
- racks
- saddens
- strains
- straps
- stresses
- ticks off
- torments
- tortures
- tries
- troubles
- vexes
- weighs
- winds
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