huffy
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huff·y
(hŭf′ē)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.
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huff•y
(ˈhʌf i)adj. huff•i•er, huff•i•est.
1. easily offended; touchy.
2. snobbish; haughty.
[1670–80]
huff′i•ly, adv.
huff′i•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. |  huffy - quick to take offense sensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs" |
| 2. |  huffy - roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers" |
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huffy
adjective sulky, irritable, moody, short, cross, angry, offended, choked, crabbed, disgruntled, resentful, edgy, crusty, snappy, grumpy, sullen, touchy, curt, surly, moping, petulant, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), waspish, querulous, shirty (slang, chiefly Brit.), peevish, crotchety (informal), pettish He always seemed so angry or huffy.
happy, gay, friendly, calm, pleasant, sunny, cheerful, good-humoured, amiable
happy, gay, friendly, calm, pleasant, sunny, cheerful, good-humoured, amiable
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Translations
سَريع الغَضَب، مُسْتَشيط غَضَبامُتَجَهِّم
nedůtklivýrozmrzelý
knottenmopset
érzékenykedõmegsértődöttsértődött
fyrtinn; viîkvæmur, hörundsármóîgaîur
huffy
[ˈhʌfɪ] ADJ (huffier (compar) (huffiest (superl))) (of character) → enojadizo; (in mood) → malhumorado, ofendidohe was a bit huffy about it → se ofendió un tanto por ello
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
huffy
adj (+er) (= in a huff) → beleidigt; (= touchy) → empfindlich; to get/be huffy about something → wegen etw eingeschnappt (inf) → or beleidigt sein; he’s quite a huffy person → er ist leicht beleidigt or eingeschnappt (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
huffy
[ˈhʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → imbronciato/ato get huffy → fare il broncio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
huff
(haf) : in(to) a huff being or becoming silent because one is angry, displeased etc. He is in a huff; He went into a huff.
ˈhuffy adjective1. in a huff.
2. easily offended, and likely to go into a huff.
ˈhuffily adverbˈhuffiness noun
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