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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.huffyhuffy - quick to take offense                
thin-skinned, touchy, feisty
sensitive - being susceptible to the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of others; "sensitive to the local community and its needs"
2.huffyhuffy - 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"
mad, sore
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"
Translations
huffy [ˈhʌfɪ] adj (col) → mosqueado
huffy [ˈhʌfɪ] adj (inf) → froissé(e)
huffy [ˈhʌfɪ] (inf) adj → beleidigt
huffy [ˈhʌfɪ] adj (col) → stizzito/a, indispettito/a


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But the duke kind of soured on him, and didn't look a bit satisfied with the way things was going; still, the king acted real friendly towards him, and said the duke's great-grandfather and all the other Dukes of Bilgewater was a good deal thought of by HIS father, and was allowed to come to the palace considerable; but the duke stayed huffy a good while, till by and by the king says:
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He was quite huffy, but noticing my wondering stare he smoothed his ruffled plumes.
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