huffishadj.
/ˈhʌfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈhəfɪʃ/ (a) Arrogant, insolent. (b) Petulant.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adjective]
wlonkOE
moodyOE
rankOE
surquidous1377
insolentc1386
wantona1393
arrogantc1405
angardc1425
surquidrousc1430
stately1448
imperiala1456
superbious1509
succudrous1513
surquidant1528
ruffling1543
controlling1564
lustya1568
cocking1568
superbous1581
bog1592
swaggering1596
superarrogant1598
arrogating1601
pyrgopolinizing1605
high-handed1606
outbearing1607
high-horsed1613
dictatory1639
bardish1641
self-assuming1647
superbient1647
huffy1680
dictatorial1692
huffish1755
cobby1785
high-riding1831
braggadocious1853
snouty1858
you-be-damned1887
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]
protervec1384
teethya1500
peevishc1530
protervous1547
pettish1552
tatter1579
fretting1587
teeny1594
frampold1599
treaf1601
fretful1603
teety1621
frappish1631
froppish1659
huffy1680
toothy1691
peenging1724
fractious1725
crossish1740
huffish1755
petulant1755
refractious1761
pouty1799
pensy1803
fudgy1819
twiney1824
rammista1838
fretty1844
petful1852
patchy1862
fretsome1870
grizzly1900
anfractuous1923
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective]
termagant1546
roisterly1555
swashing1556
puffing1566
roisting1567
cocking1568
braving1579
huffling1582
kill-cow1589
roister-doistering1593
roister-doisterly1593
hufty-tufty1596
swaggering1596
huff-cap1597
sword-and-buckler1598
huffing1602
pyrgopolinizing1605
bold-beatinga1616
swash1635
swaga1640
blustering1652
bravashing1652
hectoring1664
hectorly1676
huffy1677
huff-snuff1693
swashbuckling1693
flustering1698
blustery1739
huffish1755
bravading1812
topping1815
Bobadilish1832
Bobadilian1837
fanfaronading1837
bucko1883
swashbucklering1884
swaggery1886
blokeish1920
blokey1938
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Huffish, arrogant, insolent, hectoring.
1796 M. Robinson Angelina II. 61 If any body has a right to be huffish, 't is I.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xliii. 430 To return..a huffish answer.
1885 Punch 13 June It's no use to turn huffish or moody.
Derivatives
ˈhuffishly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adverb]
highOE
unworthilyc1384
highlya1425
unkindly1550
offensively1589
stomachously1593
stomachfully1611
resentingly1698
resentfully1744
huffishly1755
indignantlya1783
offendedly1804
huffily1860
snarlingly1862
huffingly1864
grudgefully1882
injuredly1886
miffily1958
miffishly1968
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [adverb]
lordlya1398
statelya1450
succudrouslyc1480
insolentlya1513
arrogantly1529
imperiously1536
rufflingly1575
stuntly1581
huffingly1611
surlily1611
swaggeringly1611
controllingly1612
surlya1616
superbly1663
dictatorially1731
huffishly1755
dictatorily1788
bounceably1838
high-handedly1867
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adverb]
protervely1447
peevisha1529
pettishlya1625
peevishlya1638
frettinglya1649
crossly1736
fractiously1736
huffishly1755
fretfully1789
petulantly1838
pettedly1858
huffily1860
huffingly1864
teethily1879
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adverb]
roistingly1571
swaggeringly1611
bravingly1616
roisteringly1659
swashingly1665
blusteringlya1714
huffishly1755
hectoringly1913
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Huffishly, with arrogant petulance; with bullying bluster. Huffishness, petulance; arrogance; noisy bluster.
1825 T. Moore Mem. 26 Oct. (1853) IV. 329 ‘Is she indeed?’ answered Piozzi huffishly, ‘then pray tell her I can be as indifferent as she’, and walked away.
ˈhuffishness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > arrogance > [noun]
prideOE
overgartc1175
surquidrya1250
stuntisea1327
arrogance1340
insolencec1386
surquidyc1407
succudryc1425
lordliness1440
arrogancy1477
ogartc1480
wantonness?a1505
stateliness1509
insolencya1513
surquidancea1525
superbityc1540
imperiousness1582
surliness1587
super-arrogation1593
insolentness1594
assumption1609
self-assumption1609
huff1611
imperiosity1618
superarrogancy1620
lordship1633
self-assuming1644
alazony1656
high-handednessa1658
fast1673
arrogantness1756
overbearance1766
swaggera1821
huffishness1841
you-be-damnedness1885
high and mighty1924
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [noun]
touchiness1603
huffiness1678
sensibilities1767
sensitiveness1817
tactility1831
huffishness1841
miffiness1845
hoity-toityism1881
sensitivity1906
prickle1956
the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [noun]
crabbingc1450
protervitya1527
peevishness1561
pettishness1603
fretfulness1615
huffiness1678
froppishness1688
petulancy1712
fractiousness1727
crossness1740
petulance1785
bile1836
huffishness1841
biliousness1856
pettedness1860
strop1970
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun]
facing1481
blusteringa1494
flirdom?a1500
bravity1546
bravery1548
roistingc1560
bravado1583
roister-doisterdom1592
swash1593
swaggeringa1596
huffing1600
hufty1609
huff1611
brustling1622
hufty-tufty1633
bouncing1634
hectorism1672
huffiness1678
bluster1692
bounce1714
bravadoism1833
fanfaronading1837
bush1840
huffishness1841
swashbuckling1888
bucko1909
1841 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 8 275 The heady huffishness and shifting desperation of foiled ecclesiastics.
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