pissedadj.
/pɪst/, U.S. /pɪst/ colloquial.
1. That has been urinated on or in; wet or stained with urine. Also (now chiefly) with preposition, as pissed-in, pissed-on.
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1612 B. Jonson Alchemist i. iii. 615 Wrap'd up in greasie leather, or piss'd clouts. View more context for this quotation
1730 tr. N. Heinsius Life Mirandor I. 4 He was often employed in unripping old pissed Breeches.
1936 S. V. Benét Burning City 15 The gutted house, the dunged picture, the pissed-in well.
1981 T. C. Boyle Water Music (1983) i. 21 The hyenas—making off in the night with kids and goats, disemboweling them and leaving the pissed-on remains for vultures and jackals.
1992 C. Bukowski Last Night of Earth Poems 101 The intermingling odors: hard Unwashed socks Pissed and Shitted Underwear.
2. Chiefly British. Drunk, intoxicated. Also with up.Frequently in similative phrases, esp. pissed as a newt.In quot. 1812 apparently used as a more general term of abuse.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk
fordrunkenc897
drunkena1050
cup-shottenc1330
drunka1400
inebriate1497
overseenc1500
liquor1509
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overflown1579
whip-cat1582
pottical1586
cup-shota1593
fox-drunk1592
lion-drunk1592
nappy1592
sack-sopped1593
in drink1598
disguiseda1600
drink-drowned1600
daggeda1605
pot-shotten1604
tap-shackled1604
high1607
bumpsy1611
foxed1611
in one's cups1611
liquored1611
love-pot1611
pot-sick1611
whift1611
owl-eyed1613
fapa1616
hota1616
inebriated1615
reeling ripea1616
in one's (or the) pots1618
scratched1622
high-flown?1624
pot-shot1627
temulentive1628
ebrious1629
temulent1629
jug-bitten1630
pot-shaken1630
toxed1635
bene-bowsiea1637
swilled1637
paid1638
soaken1651
temulentious1652
flagonal1653
fuddled1656
cut1673
nazzy1673
concerned1678
whittled1694
suckey1699
well-oiled1701
tippeda1708
tow-row1709
wet1709
swash1711
strut1718
cocked1737
cockeyed1737
jagged1737
moon-eyed1737
rocky1737
soaked1737
soft1737
stewed1737
stiff1737
muckibus1756
groggy1770
muzzeda1788
muzzya1795
slewed1801
lumpy1810
lushy1811
pissed1812
blue1813
lush1819
malty1819
sprung1821
three sheets in the wind1821
obfuscated1822
moppy1823
ripe1823
mixed1825
queer1826
rosined1828
shot in the neck1830
tight1830
rummy1834
inebrious1837
mizzled1840
obflisticated1840
grogged1842
pickled1842
swizzled1843
hit under the wing1844
obfusticatedc1844
ebriate1847
pixilated1848
boozed1850
ploughed1853
squiffy?1855
buffy1858
elephant trunk1859
scammered1859
gassed1863
fly-blown1864
rotten1864
shot1864
ebriose1871
shicker1872
parlatic1877
miraculous1879
under the influence1879
ginned1881
shickered1883
boiled1886
mosy1887
to be loaded for bear(s)1888
squiffeda1890
loaded1890
oversparred1890
sozzled1892
tanked1893
orey-eyed1895
up the (also a) pole1897
woozy1897
toxic1899
polluted1900
lit-up1902
on (also upon) one's ear1903
pie-eyed1903
pifflicated1905
piped1906
spiflicated1906
jingled1908
skimished1908
tin hat1909
canned1910
pipped1911
lit1912
peloothered1914
molo1916
shick1916
zigzag1916
blotto1917
oiled-up1918
stung1919
stunned1919
bottled1922
potted1922
rotto1922
puggled1923
puggle1925
fried1926
crocked1927
fluthered1927
lubricated1927
whiffled1927
liquefied1928
steamed1929
mirackc1930
overshot1931
swacked1932
looped1934
stocious1937
whistled1938
sauced1939
mashed1942
plonked1943
stone1945
juiced1946
buzzed1952
jazzed1955
schnockered1955
honkers1957
skunked1958
bombed1959
zonked1959
bevvied1960
mokus1960
snockered1961
plotzed1962
over the limit1966
the worse for wear1966
wasted1968
wired1970
zoned1971
blasted1972
Brahms and Liszt?1972
funked up1976
trousered1977
motherless1980
tired and emotional1981
ratted1982
rat-arsed1984
wazzed1990
mullered1993
twatted1993
bollocksed1994
lashed1996
1812 in J. Bell Rhymes Northern Bards 45 Sit still you pist fool!
1929 F. Manning Middle Parts of Fortune I. iii. 54 On the Saturday they went into Sandby for a spree, and got properly pissed-up there.
1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 635/2 Pissed.., (very) drunk.
1957 R. Mason World of Suzie Wong ii. i. 111 Christ, I'm pissed. I'm pissed as a newt.
1992 i-D July 77/2 Castlemorton was different; pissed-up people were in the minority (unlike Glastonbury, where alcohol is officially encouraged and profited from).
2002 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 31 Aug. e3 Sitting there, full to the brim and pissed as a newt, I consider whether this or any other meal is worth $1,000.
3. Originally U.S. Angry, irritated; fed up, depressed. Frequently (esp. in British use) as pissed off.
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the mind > emotion > anger > [adjective]
irrec825
gramec893
wemodc897
wrothc950
bolghenc1000
gramelyc1000
hotOE
on fireOE
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to-bollenc1175
wrethfulc1175
wraw?c1225
agrameda1300
wrathfula1300
agremedc1300
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fire angry1490
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wrothful?1534
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incensed1597
choleric1598
inflameda1600
raiseda1600
exasperate1601
angried1609
exasperated1611
dispassionate1635
bristlinga1639
peltish1648
sultry1671
on (also upon) the high ropes (also rope)1672
nangry1681
ugly1687
sorea1694
glimflashy1699
enraged1732
spunky1809
cholerous1822
kwaai1827
wrathy1828
angersome1834
outraged1836
irate1838
vex1843
raring1845
waxy1853
stiff1856
scotty1867
bristly1872
hot under the collar1879
black angry1894
spitfire1894
passionful1901
ignorant1913
hairy1914
snaky1919
steamed1923
uptight1934
broigus1937
lemony1941
ripped1941
pissed1943
crooked1945
teed off1955
ticked off1959
ripe1966
torqued1967
bummed1970
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [adjective]
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wearyc888
drearyc1000
dreary-moodOE
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unmerryOE
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unblissful1340
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darkc1440
gloomingc1440
comfortlessc1460
amateda1470
chermatc1475
tristfula1492
lustless?1507
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ruthful1513
downcast1521
deject1528
heartsicka1529
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coolc1540
dowlyc1540
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uncheerfulc1555
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amoped1573
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desolated1580
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à la mort1586
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life-weary1599
spiritless1600
dusky1602
chop-fallen1604
flat1604
disanimated1605
jaw-fallen1605
moped1606
chap-fallen1608
decheerful1608
uncheerful1612
lacklustrea1616
pulled1616
dumpya1618
depressed1621
head-hung1632
grum1640
downa1644
dispirited1647
down-at-mouth1649
down in (rarely of) the mouth1649
unhearted1650
sunlessa1658
sadful1658
unlightened1659
chagrin1665
saddened1665
damp1667
moping1674
desponding1688
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unraised1697
unheartya1699
unked1698
despondent1699
dismal1705
unjoyful1709
unrejoiced1714
dreara1717
disheartened1720
mumpish1721
unrejoicing1726
downhearted1742
out of spirits1745
chagrineda1754
low-spirited1753
sombrea1767
black-blooded1771
glumpy1780
oorie1787
sombrous1789
morose1791
Novemberish1793
glumpish1800
mopeful1800
die-away1802
blue-devilish1804
blue-devilled1807
malagrugrous1818
down in the hip1826
yonderly1828
sunshineless1831
downfaced1832
broody1851
in a (or the) trough1856
blue-devilly1871
drooped1873
glummy1884
pippy1886
humpy1889
pipped1914
lousy1933
pissed1943
crappy1956
doomy1961
bummed1970
the mind > emotion > anger > irritation > [adjective]
annoyedc1330
crabbedc1480
provoked1538
chafing1539
nettledc1576
chafed1582
irritated1595
as mad as Ajax1598
aggravated1611
enchafeda1616
irritate1626
on or upon the fret1679
as mad as a wet hen1823
as mad as a meat axe1855
scotty1867
hacked1892
raggy1900
ratty1909
pipped1914
fucked-off1923
rubbed1927
eggy1935
broigus1937
salty1938
pissed1943
peed off1948
1943 G. Biddle Artist at War iv. 216 When I'm pissed off, I always get that starry look.
1948 N. Mailer Naked & Dead (1949) i. ii. 25 I bet you even look pissed-off when you're with your wife.
1950 N. Calmer Strange Land 89 He may be a little pissed. He has a right to be. He's already alerted to attack again.
1971 It 9 Sept. 11/3 I'm pissed at people in the movement who help lay out the line that I'm a millionaire superstar or other shit.
1989 S. Forward Toxic Parents i. iii. 56 I got so pissed off I punched a hole in the wall.
2000 M. Beaumont e 28 Vin's well pissed with you. Says he saw her first.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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