huffiness


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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.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.huffiness - a passing state of anger and resentment
anger, ire, choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
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Translations
تَجَهُّم، سُرْعَة الغَضَب
podrážděnost
mopsethed
sértõdöttség
móîgunargirni; fÿla
alınganlıkgücenme

huffiness

[ˈhʌfɪnɪs] N → mal humor m
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

huffiness

n → Beleidigtsein nt; (= touchiness) → Empfindlichkeit f; the huffiness in his voice → sein beleidigter Ton
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

huffiness

[ˈhʌfɪnɪs] n (fam) → cattivo umore m
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 adjective
1. in a huff.
2. easily offended, and likely to go into a huff.
ˈhuffily adverb
ˈhuffiness noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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