put sb out
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to cause trouble or extra work for someone:
Would it put you out if we came tomorrow instead of today?
[ M usually passive ] to annoy or upset someone, often by what you do or say to them:
She was very put out when they turned up two hours late for dinner.
He seemed a bit put out at not having been invited.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Inconvenience
- a pain (in the neck) idiom
- a pain in the arse/backside idiom
- aggravation
- aggro
- awkward
- bore
- disturbance
- drag
- fuss
- hassle
- have fun and games idiom
- imposition
- inconvenience
- pisser
- put yourself out
- rigmarole
- snag
- some
- storm
- tempest
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Causing feelings of anger and displeasure