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huffish

[huhf-ish]

adjective

peevish; irritable.

swaggering; insolent; bullying.

Origin:
1745–55; huff + -ish¹

Related forms

huff·ish·ly, adverb

huff·ish·ness, noun

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huff (hʌf)

—n
1.	a passing mood of anger or pique (esp in the phrase in a huff)

—vb
2.	to make or become angry or resentful
3.	(intr) to blow or puff heavily
4.	draughts Also: blow to remove (an opponent's draught) from the board for failure to make a capture
5.	obsolete (tr) to bully
6.	huffing and puffing empty threats or objections; bluster

[C16: of imitative origin; compare puff]

'huffish

—*adj*

'huffy

—*adj*

'huffily

—*adv*

'huffishly

—*adv*

'huffiness

—n

'huffishness

—n

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