Definitions for huffyˈhʌf i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

huff•yˈhʌf i(adj.)huff•i•er, huff•i•est.

  1. easily offended; touchy.

  2. snobbish; haughty.

    Category: Common Vocabulary

Origin of huffy:

1670–80

huff′i•ness(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. huffy, thin-skinned, feisty, touchy(adj)

    quick to take offense

  2. huffy, mad, sore(adj)

    roused to anger

    "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain; "she gets mad when you wake her up so early"; "mad at his friend"; "sore over a remark"

Wiktionary

  1. huffy(Adjective)

    angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated

  2. huffy(Adjective)

    easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy

  3. huffy(Adjective)

    puffed up

    huffy bread

Webster Dictionary

  1. Huffy(adj)

    puffed up; as, huffy bread

  2. Huffy(adj)

    characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended


Translations for huffy

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

huffy(adjective)

in a huff.

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