huffiness

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huff·y

 (hŭf′ē)
adj. huff·i·er, huff·i·est
1. Easily offended; touchy.
2. Irritated or annoyed; indignant.
3. Arrogant; haughty.

huff′i·ly adv.
huff′i·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.huffiness - a passing state of anger and resentment
anger, ire, choler - a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
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Translations
تَجَهُّم، سُرْعَة الغَضَب
podrážděnost
mopsethed
Gereiztheit
mauvaise humeur
sértõdöttség
móîgunargirni; fÿla
fornærmet holdning
alınganlıkgücenme
发怒

huffiness

[ˈhʌfɪnɪs] Nmal humor m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

huffiness

nBeleidigtsein nt; (= touchiness)Empfindlichkeit f; the huffiness in his voicesein beleidigter Ton
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

huffiness

[ˈhʌfɪnɪs] n (fam) → cattivo umore m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

huff

(haf) : in(to) a huff
being or becoming silent because one is angry, displeased etc. He is in a huff; He went into a huff.
ˈhuffy adjective
1. in a huff.
2. easily offended, and likely to go into a huff.
ˈhuffily adverb
ˈhuffiness noun
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Besides this aggressive remarks and threats of surgical strikes by Indian army chief show his huffiness because his soldiers, despite using brutal tactics, have failed to counter freedom movement in IoK and situation is going bad to worse there.
People on the right reminded the offended - sometimes with huffiness that didn't sound particularly Jesus-like - that the Founding Fathers were Christians and built the country on such ideals, so deal with it.
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