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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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huff•y

(ˈhʌf i)

adj. huff•i•er, huff•i•est.

1. easily offended; touchy.

2. snobbish; haughty.

[1670–80]

huff′i•ly, adv.

huff′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	huffy - 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.	huffy - 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"

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

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Translations

سَريع الغَضَب، مُسْتَشيط غَضَبامُتَجَهِّم

nedůtklivýrozmrzelý

knottenmopset

ärgerlich gekränkt

froissé susceptible

érzékenykedõmegsértődöttsértődött

fyrtinn; viîkvæmur, hörundsármóîgaîur

adirato

ømskinnet

alıngan dargıngücenik

发怒的易激的

huffy

[ˈhʌfɪ] ADJ (huffier (compar) (huffiest (superl))) (of character) → enojadizo; (in mood) → malhumorado, ofendido
he was a bit huffy about it → se ofendió un tanto por ello

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huffy

[ˈhʌfi] adj → vexé(e)
to be huffy about sth → être vexé(e) au sujet de qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

huffy

adj (+er) (= in a huff) → beleidigt; (= touchy) → empfindlich; to get/be huffy about something → wegen etw eingeschnappt (inf) → or beleidigt sein; he’s quite a huffy person → er ist leicht beleidigt or eingeschnappt (inf)

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huffy

[ˈhʌfɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) → imbronciato/a
to get huffy → fare il broncio

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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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