huffy
5
5.9
- adjective
- /ˈhʌfi/
:
irritable
- She always gets huffy when someone criticizes her ideas.
- get huffy
- so huffy
They were angry that I didn't bring the problem to them, despite their track record of acting aggro and huffy and judgy.
- They were angry that I didn't bring the problem to them, despite their track record of acting aggro and huffy and judgy.
Examples
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Please don't get too huffy.
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Oh, no need to get huffy.
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-What are you getting so huffy about?
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But she seemed a bit huffy.
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Hey, what's everybody getting so huffy for, huh?
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"Well, thanks a lot," Jill said, all huffy and defensive.
Fiction book (1997) -
There's no need to be huffy.
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- Now, don't get yourself all huffy.
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- All right, don't get so huffy.
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"Don't get huffy with me," Merioneth said.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
117
4.2
Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry
73
3.9
Feeling angry or upset because of something
33
4.9
A person who gets upset by small comments
18
9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
13
5.7
Quick to get angry or upset by small things
10
6.1
Feel upset easily when people criticize
4
4.2
Quick to get angry or easily annoyed
3
9.9
Easily upset or offended by small things
2
9.1
Gets angry easily about small things
1
5.6
Quick to become annoyed or upset
1
9.1
Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended
1
8.1
Being easily annoyed by small things
1
9.7
Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood
1
9.9
Easily upset or hurt by small harmless remarks
1
9.9
Quick to become angry or take offense
1
8.9
Being rude and getting upset by small things
Easily upset by things people say or do
Being bad-tempered and easily offended
Quick to feel offended and show anger
Quick to get annoyed and show irritation
Easily offended and quick to feel hurt by small comments or jokes
Feeling a little annoyed or upset in a childish way
A person who complains and gets upset very easily over small things
Antonyms
How Touchy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Huffy comes from the word huff, which used to mean a quick 'puff' of breath and then a sudden 'fit of anger', as in the phrase 'in a huff'. So huffy means someone who easily shows annoyance or takes offense.