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- [huhf-ee]
- /ˈhʌf i/
- /ˈhʌf.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [huhf-ee]
- /ˈhʌf i/
Definitions of huffy word
- adjective huffy easily offended; touchy. 1
- adjective huffy offended; sulky: a huffy mood. 1
- adjective huffy snobbish; haughty. 1
- noun huffy Annoyed or irritated and quick to take offense at petty things. 1
- adjective huffy easily offended 1
- adjective huffy irritated, angry 1
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Origin of huffy
First appearance:
before 1670 One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1670-80; huff + -y1
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Parts of speech for Huffy
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
huffy popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for huffy
adj huffy
- angered — a strong feeling of displeasure and belligerence aroused by a wrong; wrath; ire.
- annoyed — If you are annoyed, you are fairly angry about something.
- crabby — Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- crotchety — A crotchety person is bad-tempered and easily irritated.
adjective huffy
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- sensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- angry — When you are angry, you feel strong dislike or impatience about something.
- exasperated — Simple past tense and past participle of exasperate.
Antonyms for huffy
adj huffy
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- delighted — If you are delighted, you are extremely pleased and excited about something.
- joyful — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
adjective huffy
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
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