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Grammar : Adj

Spell : huhf-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌf i

Definition of huffy

Origin : "ready to take offense," 1670s, from huff + -y (2). Related: Huffily; huffiness.

adj angry, in a bad mood

Example sentences :

I hadn't figured on Mrs. Murtha goin' huffy so sudden, either.
Extract from : « Torchy, Private Sec. » by Sewell Ford

They don't know what you mean, and they don't know whether to get huffy or not.
Extract from : « Back Home » by Eugene Wood

And he got huffy, lay down in his den, and started sucking his paws.
Extract from : « More Russian Picture Tales » by Valery Carrick

“You made him huffy by being suspicious,” said Ingleborough.
Extract from : « A Dash from Diamond City » by George Manville Fenn

He was huffy in a moment; I never knew a man so touchy about an aunt.
Extract from : « Three Men on the Bummel » by Jerome K. Jerome

"I don't know any that is not respectable," the Major replied, in a huffy manner.
Extract from : « The Golden House » by Charles Dudley Warner

"Oh, that is all very well," replied Everard, in rather a huffy voice.
Extract from : « Mollie's Prince » by Rosa Nouchette Carey

He kept this up so long that finally I got huffy and asked him what the trouble was.
Extract from : « An American Hobo in Europe » by Ben Goodkind

"I say, you needn't be so huffy," cried Riggleton, who again joined him.
Extract from : « The Everlasting Arms » by Joseph Hocking

The ground floor of the house of Alison the Huffy is closed.
Extract from : « The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion » by Eugne Sue

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