(adj) roused to anger; - Mark Twain, Syn.sore, mad, Example: stayed huffy a good while; she gets mad when you wake her up so early; mad at his friend; sore over a remark
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Huffed p. pr. & vb. n. Huffing. ] [ Cf. OE. hoove to puff up, blow; prob. of imitative origin. ] 1. To swell; to enlarge; to puff up; as, huffed up with air. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To treat with insolence and arrogance; to chide or rebuke with insolence; to hector; to bully. [ 1913 Webster ]
You must not presume to huff us. Echard. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Draughts) To remove from the board (the piece which could have captured an opposing piece). See Huff, v. i., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. 1. To enlarge; to swell up; as, bread huffs. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To bluster or swell with anger, pride, or arrogance; to storm; to take offense. [ 1913 Webster ]
This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Draughts) To remove from the board a man which could have captured a piece but has not done so; -- so called because it was the habit to blow upon the piece. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. A swell of sudden anger or arrogance; a fit of disappointment and petulance or anger; a rage. “Left the place in a huff.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A boaster; one swelled with a false opinion of his own value or importance. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge . . . of wit. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
To take huff, to take offence. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
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