51Թ

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huffish

[ huhf-ish ]

adjective

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


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܴڴi· adverb
  • ܴڴi·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of huffish1

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