huffish

[ huhf-ish ]

adjective

1. peevish; irritable.
2. swaggering; insolent; bullying.

Other Words From

• huffish·ly adverb
• huffish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of huffish¹

First recorded in 1745–55; huff + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

They are so, Harry, for when I spoke to my wife first, she was so very coy and huffish, and told me she did not know what I meant.

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"Well, but you don't expect us to go about arresting people on intuition, do you?" asked the officer, huffishly.

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Sir Ronald had promised to be content without love; but he was not, and was huffish and offended, and savagely jealous of Reginald Stanford and all the hated past.

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"Oh! you always tell me when it's too late," he retorted, huffishly.

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