huffish

huffish
adj
1. irritable, out of sorts, snappish, snappy, curt, short, impatient; touchy, testy, thin-skinned, waspish, peevish, petulant; cross, irascible, choleric, ill-tempered, ill-humored, splenetic; crabby, crabbed, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, cantankerous, crotchety, crusty; bitter, sour, caustic, churlish, surly.
2. swaggering, blustering, puffed up, haughty; proud, vain, arrogant, imperious; pompous, bombastic, high-flown, lofty; bold, brazen, brash, audacious, insolent, impudent, insulting, contumelious; contemptuous, disdainful, supercilious, scornful; bullying, hectoring, harassing, intimidating, browbeating, cowing.

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  • Huffish — Huff ish, a. Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. {Huff ish*ly}, adv. {Huff ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • huffish — [huf′ish] adj. [ HUFF + ISH] 1. peevish; petulant; sulky 2. Obs. inclined to be arrogant huffishly adv. huffishness n …   English World dictionary

  • huffish sulky — Ill natured Ill na tured, a. 1. Of habitual bad temper; having an unpleasant disposition; surly; disagreeable; cross; peevish; fractious; crabbed; of people; as, an ill natured person; an ill natured disagreeable old man. Opposite of {good… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • huffish — adjective Date: circa 1755 arrogant, sulky …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • huffish — huffishly, adv. huffishness, n. /huf ish/, adj. 1. peevish; irritable. 2. swaggering; insolent; bullying. [1745 55; HUFF + ISH1] * * * …   Universalium

  • huffish — huff·ish || hÊŒfɪʃ adj. easily offended, sulky; arrogant, insolent …   English contemporary dictionary

  • huffish — a.; (also huffy) 1. Angry, petulant, pettish, irritable. 2. Blustering, arrogant, insolent, hectoring …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • huffish — huff·ish …   English syllables

  • huffish — huff•ish [[t]ˈhʌf ɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) peevish; irritable 2) swaggering; insolent; bullying • Etymology: 1745–55 huff′ish•ly, adv. huff′ish•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

  • huffish — /ˈhʌfɪʃ/ (say hufish) adjective 1. petulant. 2. swaggering; hectoring. {huff + ish1} –huffishly, adverb –huffishness, noun …  

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