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HUFFISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does huffishness mean? 

HUFFISHNESS (noun)
  The noun HUFFISHNESS has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of sulky resentmentplay

  Familiarity information: HUFFISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HUFFISHNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of sulky resentment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

huffishness; sulkiness

Hypernyms ("huffishness" is a kind of...):

bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)

Derivation:

huffish (sullen or moody)


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