huff
noun [C] /hʌf/ informalDefinition
› an angry and offended mood: Ted's gone into one of his huffs again.Anger and displeasure in a huff › angry and offended: She's in a real huff because I forgot her birthday. Julia criticized some aspect of his work and he left/went off in a huff.Angry and displeasedBad-tempered
(Definition of huff noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- -rage suffix
- anger noun
- annoyance noun
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- bad feeling idiom
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- bitterness noun (ANGER)
- get the hump idiom
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- grit your teeth idiom
- grudge noun
- hard feelings idiom
- hissy (fit) noun
- irritation noun (ANGER)
- paddy noun
- pique noun
- rancour noun
- road rage noun
- slow burn noun (ANGER)
- spleen noun (ANGER)
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Anger and displeasure
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