dunned

past tense of dun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dunned
Verb
  • Or annoyed at myself for the whole stunt.
    Junnelle Hogen, Outside, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Ball doesn’t seem annoyed by the memes yet, but the NBA season hasn’t officially started, so there’s still time.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Michigan, where nearly 13% of households receive SNAP benefits, news of the pause had families, from Detroit to Interlochen, preparing to go to food pantries and worried about what's to come.
    Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • However, reports about how the university has controlled the use of that money has worried some alumni.
    Cate Charron, IndyStar, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Now, the mechanical shark featured in the film is notorious for malfunctioning, which irked Spielberg to no end.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But hearing pundits and supporters react to Juventus’ defeat to Como at the weekend, their first of the season, must have irked Tudor irrespective of how much the same mentality is ingrained in him.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jim Kovalsky, the president of a nonprofit called the Florida East Coast Railway Society, appeared exasperated in a local-TV interview last year.
    Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Then people get exasperated, start talking about judicial supremacy, and try to chop the Court off at its knees by seeking traditional amendment instead.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The decision by Aaron Turner, Kuminga’s agent, to go on a media tour in recent weeks while negotiating publicly in hopes of landing a better offer for Kuminga, irritated some with the organization, according to league sources.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • And the web designer from South Dakota certainly must have irritated her former final two ally Vince Panaro on her way out of the Big Brother house.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • David Valadao Valadao, 48, has vexed Democrats for years.
    Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Even the film‘s core concept of The Synchronizer, a baffling psychic invention from the script that not only vexed audiences but forced unionized crew members to debate whether the thing was a light or a prop.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • My book has riled up a lot of Christians.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The locals, especially seniors and year-round residents, are riled up.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Broadly, the Blue Jackets were peeved that the 5-1 final score does not reflect the way the game was played.
    Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The local Republicans are peeved.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Dunned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunned. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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