Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pissed

/pɪst/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English

Syllables
pissed
IPA
/pɪst/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Drunk.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; British usage; Colloquial

adj

Annoyed, angry.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; American usage; Colloquial

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Etymology

From Middle English pissed, pissede, pyssyd, pisside, equivalent to piss + -ed.

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Inflected Forms

more pissed (comparative) most pissed (superlative)

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Questions

How do you pronounce pissed?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɪst/.
What does pissed mean?
simple past and past participle of piss
Where does pissed come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce pissed

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