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huffer

9.9

A person who sulks and refuses to speak when upset

noun
/ˈhʌfər/

: malhumorado

Whenever she doesn't get her way, she turns into such a huffer that it's hard to be around her.

Examples

After losing the game, he became a little huffer, refusing to talk to anyone.
He always acts like a huffer when he doesn't get invited to parties.
And don't you ever say I'm a huffer again or else I might just ...

Fiction book (2002)
"You're a huffer," Helio said.

Fiction book (2002)
You little hose huffer!

Eating Out (2004)

Synonyms

grouch

vshuffer

14 5.2

A person who is often bad-tempered and complains

reacts when offended with irritation or sulking, not as a constant mood

sulker

vshuffer

7.7

A person who stays silent and alone because they feel angry or upset

reacts with visible irritation or sulking rather than staying quiet

pissy-pants

vshuffer

Offensive

9.9

A person who complains and gets upset very easily over small things

reacts by sulking or irritation but lacks the insulting whiny implication

How Irritable

hothead

Offensive

23 6.2

huffer

9.9

complainer

11 2.8

sulker

7.7

calm personality

2.7

Surface Forms

huffer singular

huffers plural

Morphology

huffer = huff (semi-transparent) = huff + er

Morphologically regular (agentive '-er'), but the meaning 'sulker / someone who is easily offended' depends on knowledge of the idiom 'in a huff' and may not be immediately inferable to all learners.

Etymology

Huffer comes from the phrase in a huff, where huff means 'a short angry mood' or 'being upset'. So a huffer is someone who sulks or reacts with irritation when offended.