HUFFS Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

huffs 1 of 2

noun

plural of huff

as in sweats

a state of nervous or irritated concern was in a huff because everyone was running late and the school bus would stop to pick them up in a matter of minutes

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as in fits

an outburst or display of excited anger gets all in a huff every time anyone makes the slightest criticism

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as in angers

the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity left the restaurant in a huff after waiting 15 minutes to be seated

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huffs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of huff

as in raves

to talk loudly and wildly demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant

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Recent Examples of huffs

Noun

David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot. — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026 As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Nov. 2025 The huffs and hums, produced by two women standing face-to-face and vocalizing from their throats, is believed to be one of the oldest music forms in the world. — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024

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Noun

Some travel days call for maximum comfort, but that doesn’t mean reaching for old sweats.

— Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2026
But from then on, Nolte was never late and showed up every day in the same outfit — a trench coat, T-shirt, sweats and Nike turf shoes — with a notebook in hand.

— CJ Moore, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of sweats

Noun

The company lists insurance brokers and agents, residential property management, wealth management and private aviation operators as natural fits for their referral service.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Love, though, comes with spats and fits of temper, ruptures and reconciliations.

— Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026

Definition of fits

Noun

Rewarding The Long-Term Customer One of the most common frustrations in telecom is the belief that new customers get the best deals while long-term customers are left behind.

— Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Recent allegations of irregularities in government recruitment exams have only deepened frustrations among some young Indians.

— Ayushi Shah, CNN Money, 4 July 2026

Definition of frustrations

Verb

One of those people is Chiappetta, who raves about the example Mally is setting for Naperville North.

— Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2026
Amazon has deals on the exact brands the multi-hyphenate wears and raves about, plus pieces pulled straight from her playbook (cough, her Instagram, cough).

— Annie Blackman, InStyle, 3 July 2026

Definition of raves

Noun

This will be especially tedious for people with dozens of lights and accessories, as well as many customized scenes and automations.

— Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
Inside the temple compound in Gurdaspur, the audience watched scenes of police killings, crackdowns and families searching for answers.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

Definition of scenes

Noun

The confrontation between father and daughter, in which Taylor-Joy unloads Lucky’s resentments about growing up in the life, is one of the season’s most barbed moments.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
In the series, an adaptation of Spanish play El chico de la última fila by Juan Mayorga, Mun-oh has resigned himself to a life of quiet resentments, until Lee Kang (Weak Hero Class' Choi Hyun-wook) comes along.

— Kayti Burt, Time, 26 June 2026

Definition of resentments

Verb

And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.

— Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025

Definition of rants

Noun

Fedorov’s removal came as Russian missiles struck Kyiv early Thursday, with loud explosions heard in the Ukrainian capital just hours before British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was set to arrive.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
And most often these fires, explosions and leaks happen in working-class neighborhoods.

— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

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