huff

H0314400 (hŭf)n. A fit of anger or annoyance; a pique: stormed off in a huff.v. huffed, huff·ing, huffs v.intr.1. To puff; blow.2. To make noisy, empty threats; bluster.3. To react indignantly; take offense.4. Slang To inhale the fumes of a volatile chemical or substance as a means of becoming intoxicated.v.tr.1. To cause to puff up; inflate.2. To treat with insolence; bully.3. To anger; annoy.4. Slang To inhale the fumes of (a volatile chemical, for example) as a means of becoming intoxicated.

[Imitative of the sound of puffing.]

huff′er n.

huff

(hʌf) na passing mood of anger or pique (esp in the phrase in a huff)vb1. to make or become angry or resentful2. (intr) to blow or puff heavily3. (Chess & Draughts) draughts Also: blow to remove (an opponent's draught) from the board for failure to make a capture4. (tr) obsolete to bully5. huffing and puffing empty threats or objections; bluster[C16: of imitative origin; compare puff] ˈhuffish, ˈhuffy adj ˈhuffily, ˈhuffishly adv ˈhuffiness, ˈhuffishness n

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n., v. huffed, huff•ing. n. 1. a fit of resentment: to walk out in a huff. v.t. 2. to give offense to; make angry. 3. to treat with arrogance or contempt; bully. v.i. 4. to take offense; speak indignantly. 5. to puff or blow; breathe heavily. [1575–85; imitative]

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Past participle: huffed
Gerund: huffing

Imperative
huff
huff

Present
I huff
you huff
he/she/it huffs
we huff
you huff
they huff

Preterite
I huffed
you huffed
he/she/it huffed
we huffed
you huffed
they huffed

Present Continuous
I am huffing
you are huffing
he/she/it is huffing
we are huffing
you are huffing
they are huffing

Present Perfect
I have huffed
you have huffed
he/she/it has huffed
we have huffed
you have huffed
they have huffed

Past Continuous
I was huffing
you were huffing
he/she/it was huffing
we were huffing
you were huffing
they were huffing

Past Perfect
I had huffed
you had huffed
he/she/it had huffed
we had huffed
you had huffed
they had huffed

Future
I will huff
you will huff
he/she/it will huff
we will huff
you will huff
they will huff

Future Perfect
I will have huffed
you will have huffed
he/she/it will have huffed
we will have huffed
you will have huffed
they will have huffed

Future Continuous
I will be huffing
you will be huffing
he/she/it will be huffing
we will be huffing
you will be huffing
they will be huffing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been huffing
you have been huffing
he/she/it has been huffing
we have been huffing
you have been huffing
they have been huffing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been huffing
you will have been huffing
he/she/it will have been huffing
we will have been huffing
you will have been huffing
they will have been huffing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been huffing
you had been huffing
he/she/it had been huffing
we had been huffing
you had been huffing
they had been huffing

Conditional
I would huff
you would huff
he/she/it would huff
we would huff
you would huff
they would huff

Past Conditional
I would have huffed
you would have huffed
he/she/it would have huffed
we would have huffed
you would have huffed
they would have huffed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	huff - a state of irritation or annoyance miff, seeing redannoyance, botheration, irritation, vexation - the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed
Verb	1.	huff - inhale recreational drugs; "The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day"; "the kids were huffing glue"snortbreathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
	2.	huff - blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"chuff, puffblow - exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"

huff

noun sulk, temper, bad mood, passion, rage, pet, pique He went into a huff because he lost the game.in a huff offended, hurt, angered, provoked, annoyed, put out (informal), hacked (off) (U.S. slang), exasperated, sulking (informal), nettled, vexed, pissed off (taboo slang), miffed (informal), irked, riled, peeved, piqued, in high dudgeon She was in a huff about what I'd said.

huff

noun1. An angry outburst:fit, passion, tantrum, temper.Informal: conniption, conniption fit.2. Extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight:dudgeon, miff, offense, pique, resentment, ruffled feathers, umbrage.verb1. To breathe hard:blow, gasp, pant, puff.2. To cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior:affront, insult, miff, offend, outrage, pique.Idioms: add insult to injury, give offense to.

Translations

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huff

(haf) : in(to) a huff being or becoming silent because one is angry, displeased etc. He is in a huff; He went into a huff.发怒ˈhuffy adjective1. in a huff. 发怒的2. easily offended, and likely to go into a huff. 易激的ˈhuffily adverb发怒地ˈhuffiness noun发怒

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go off in a huff

To leave in an angry, belligerent, or vexed manner. Don't go off in a huff like that, it was only a joke! Mary went off in a huff after her wife criticized her cooking.See also: go, huff, off

huff and puff

1. To struggle or exert oneself physically. We huffed and puffed, but we did finally manage to get the couch up the steps.2. To breathe very heavily or laboriously. Running to catch the bus has left me huffing and puffing. You really should quit smoking—look at how you're huffing and puffing after a single flight of stairs!3. To make an exaggerated show of one's anger, often by making empty threats. A: "Are we in trouble?" B: "No, just let him huff and puff until he's done—he'll forget all about it by tomorrow."See also: and, huff, puff

in a huff

In an angry, belligerent, or vexed manner. Don't go off in a huff like that, it was only a joke! Mary went off in a huff after her wife criticized her cooking.See also: huff

huff and puff

Fig. to breathe very hard; to pant as one exerts effort. John came up the stairs huffing and puffing. He huffed and puffed and finally got up the steep hill.See also: and, huff, puff

*in a huff

Fig. in an angry or offended manner. (*Typically: be ~; get [into] ~.) He heard what we had to say, then left in a huff. She came in a huff and ordered us to bring her something to eat.See also: huff

huff and puff

Make noisy, empty threats; bluster. For example, You can huff and puff about storm warnings all you like, but we'll believe it when we see it . This expression uses two words of 16th-century origin, huff, meaning "to emit puffs of breath in anger," and puff, meaning "to blow in short gusts," and figuratively, "to inflate" or "make conceited." They were combined in the familiar nursery tale, "The Three Little Pigs," where the wicked wolf warns, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down"; rhyme has helped these idioms survive. See also: and, huff, puff

in a huff

In an offended manner, angrily, as in When he left out her name, she stalked out in a huff. This idiom transfers huff in the sense of a gust of wind to a burst of anger. [Late 1600s] Also see in a snit. See also: huff

in a huff

INFORMALCOMMON If someone is in a huff, they are angry about something. He stormed off in a huff because he didn't win. He resigned from the firm in a huff when he didn't get promoted.See also: huff

huff and puff

1 breathe heavily with exhaustion. 2 express your annoyance in an obvious or threatening way.See also: and, huff, puff

ˌhuff and ˈpuff

1 breathe heavily while making a great physical effort: They huffed and puffed as they carried the sofa upstairs.
2 make it obvious that you are annoyed about something without doing anything to change the situation: After much huffing and puffing, he agreed to help.See also: and, huff, puff

in a ˈhuff

(informal) in a bad mood, especially because somebody has annoyed or upset you: She went off in a huff.See also: huff

in a huff

Angry. The verb to huff in the late 1500s meant to bluster, or blow out puffs of breath in anger. It thus appeared in the nursery tale of The Three Little Pigs, in which the wolf threatened, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in” (published in J. Jacobs, English Fairy Tales, 1890). The noun usage with the current meaning of “angry” was first recorded in 1599 and has been so used ever since.See also: huff

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noun sulk

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phrase in a huff

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noun an angry outburst

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noun extreme displeasure caused by an insult or slight

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verb to breathe hard

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verb to cause resentment or hurt by callous, rude behavior

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noun a state of irritation or annoyance

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verb inhale recreational drugs

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verb blow hard and loudly

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