adj
Meaning 1
Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
huffy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈhʌfi/
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rhymes with -ʌfi
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CMU ARPABET: HH AH1 F IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Haughty, arrogant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Puffed up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- huffy bread
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
roused to anger- Mark Twain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- stayed huffy a good while
- she gets mad when you wake her up so early
- mad at his friend
- sore over a remark
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mad, sore
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
quick to take offense
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: thin-skinned, feisty, touchy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English huff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English huffy From huff + -y.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: geïrriteer — Angry, annoyed
- Bulgarian: раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) — Angry, annoyed
- Czech: podrážděný — Angry, annoyed
- Czech: zpruzený — Angry, annoyed
- Dutch: geïrriteerd — Angry, annoyed
- French: vexé — Angry, annoyed
- German: verärgert — Angry, annoyed
- Irish: stuacach — Angry, annoyed
- Polish: obrażony — Angry, annoyed
- Swedish: irriterad — Angry, annoyed
- Swedish: arg — Angry, annoyed
- Bulgarian: докачлив (dokačliv) — Easily offended
- Czech: popudlivý — Easily offended
- Czech: nedůtklivý — Easily offended
- French: susceptible — Easily offended
- German: empfindlich — Easily offended
- Irish: stuacach — Easily offended
- Polish: obrażalski — Easily offended
- Swedish: känslig — Easily offended
- Swedish: lättstött — Easily offended