cheese off
Make someone mad
Cheese off is British slang meaning to annoy or irritate someone.
Most often appears in the passive: I was really cheesed off when they cancelled the meeting.
The adjective cheesed off means fed up or annoyed, roughly equivalent to American "pissed off" but milder.
Cause mild anger
grate · nettle · rile · aggravate · bother · bug · wind up · get under skin
Annoy to frustration
- frustratePrevent from succeeding
- thwartPrevent success of
- stymieTo obstruct or baffle
- disappointFail to meet expectations
dismay · dishearten · discourage · at wit's end · banging head against wall · last straw · had enough · sick and tired
irritate
Cause mild anger
peeve · grate · nettle · rile · aggravate · bother · bug · wind up · get under skin · rub wrong way
exasperate
Annoy to frustration
disappoint · dismay · dishearten · discourage · at wit's end · banging head against wall · last straw · had enough · sick and tired
infuriate
Provoke extreme anger
outrage · livid · fuming · seething · irate · wrathful · furious · incensed · apoplectic · riled