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HUFFY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does huffy mean?
• HUFFY (adjective)
The adjective HUFFY has 2 senses:
1. quick to take offense
2. roused to anger
Familiarity information: HUFFY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Quick to take offense
Synonyms:
feisty; huffy; thin-skinned; touchy
Similar:
sensitive (being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others)
Derivation:
huffiness (a passing state of anger and resentment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Roused to anger
Synonyms:
Context example:
sore over a remark
Similar:
angry (feeling or showing anger)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Derivation:
huff (a state of irritation or annoyance)
huffiness (a passing state of anger and resentment)
Context examples
They will feel that more than angry speeches or huffy actions, won't they, Marmee?
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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