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huffer

1 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

11 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

1 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

1 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

20 6.2

huffer

1 9.9

complainer

10 2.8

sulker

1 7.7

calm personality

1 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.