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huffy
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huff·y  (hf)
adj. huff·i·er, huff·i·est
1. Easily offended; touchy.
2. Irritated or annoyed; indignant.
3. Arrogant; haughty.

huffi·ly adv.
huffi·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.huffy - quick to take offensehuffy - quick to take offense                
sensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
2.huffy - roused to angerhuffy - 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"
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
angry - feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

huffy
adjective sulky, irritable, moody, short, cross, angry, offended, choked, crabbed, disgruntled, resentful, edgy, crusty, snappy, grumpy, sullen, touchy, curt, surly, moping, petulant, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, chippy (informal), waspish, querulous, shirty (slang, chiefly Brit.), peevish, crotchety (informal), pettish He always seemed so angry or huffy.
happy, gay, friendly, calm, pleasant, sunny, cheerful, good-humoured, amiable
Translations
huffy [ˈhʌfɪ] ADJ (huffier (compar) (huffiest (superl))) (of character) → enojadizo; (in mood) → malhumorado, ofendido
he was a bit huffy about itse ofendió un tanto por ello
huffy [ˈhʌfi] adjvexé(e)
to be huffy about sth → être vexé(e) au sujet de qch
huffy
adj (+er) (= in a huff)beleidigt; (= touchy)empfindlich; to get/be huffy about somethingwegen etw eingeschnappt (inf)or beleidigt sein; he’s quite a huffy personer ist leicht beleidigt or eingeschnappt (inf)
huffy [ˈhʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → imbronciato/a
to get huffy → fare il broncio


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