Huffy (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The boss was still huffy about the meeting and didn't speak to anyone all day.
- My little sister gets huffy when you take away her toys without asking.
- He was huffy at his brother for borrowing his car without permission.
- The athlete was huffy over the bad call made by the referee in the game.
- She stayed huffy with her roommate for weeks after the argument.
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Meaning 2
Quick to take offense.
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- He's been particularly huffy lately, getting defensive at even the most innocent of comments.
- Don't even think about teasing Sarah, she's huffy and will take it the wrong way.
- His huffy nature made it difficult for us to have a straightforward conversation.
- She's been acting huffy all morning, I think she's just stressed about the deadline.
- My coworker is really huffy about being asked to work on the weekend, so let's try to approach him delicately.