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- Dictionaryhuffy/ˈhʌfi/
adjective
- 1. annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things: "ask writers for more than a second draft and they get huffy"
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adjective. uk / ˈhʌf.i / us / ˈhʌf.i / Add to word list. angry and offended: get huffy with I told her she'd made a mistake and she got huffy with me. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom. be like a bear with a sore head idiom. be spoiling for a fight idiom. grouchiness.
1. : haughty, arrogant. 2. a. : roused to indignation : irritated. b. : easily offended : touchy. huffily. ˈhə-fə-lē. adverb. huffiness. ˈhə-fē-nəs. noun. Synonyms. tetchy. thin-skinned. ticklish. touchy. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of huffy in a Sentence.
adjective. quick to take offense. synonyms: feisty, thin-skinned, touchy. sensitive. being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others. adjective. roused to anger. “"stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain” synonyms: mad, sore. angry. feeling or showing anger. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Huffy."
Huffy definition: easily offended; touchy.. See examples of HUFFY used in a sentence.
Meaning of huffy in English. huffy. adjective. us / ˈhʌf.i / uk / ˈhʌf.i / Add to word list Add to word list. angry and offended: get huffy with I told her she'd made a mistake and she got huffy with me. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom.
Someone who is huffy is obviously annoyed or offended about something. [ informal ] I, in my turn, became embarrassed and huffy and told her to take the money back.
Define huffy. huffy synonyms, huffy pronunciation, huffy translation, English dictionary definition of huffy. adj. huff·i·er , huff·i·est 1. Easily offended; touchy. 2. Irritated or annoyed; indignant. 3. Arrogant; haughty. huff′i·ly adv. huff′i·ness n.
Angered or offended. Webster's New World. Irritated or annoyed; indignant. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Arrogant; haughty. American Heritage. Puffed up. Huffy bread.
Definition of huffy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
huffy meaning, definition, what is huffy: in a bad mood (=the way that you feel), ...: Learn more.
