Synonyms of huffy

huffy

adjective

1

as in irritable

easily offended

the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• tetchy
• sensitive
• touchy
• ticklish
• thin-skinned
• peevish
• petulant
• snappish
• hypersensitive
• grumpy
• irascible
• oversensitive
• testy
• grouchy
• supersensitive
• waspish
• snippy
• crotchety
• snarky
• pettish
• crabby
• querulous
• cantankerous
• surly
• ornery
• curmudgeonly
• disagreeable
• stroppy
• choleric
• raspy
• tender
• dyspeptic
• cranky
• bilious
• stuffy
• cross
• short-tempered
• ratty
• snippety
• prickly
• perverse
• ill-tempered
• quick-tempered
• cross-grained
• snappy
• ill-humored
• ill-natured
• bearish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amiable
• agreeable
• good-natured
• unconcerned
• thick-skinned
• easygoing
• carefree
• relaxed
• well-disposed
• good-tempered
• forbearing
• understanding
• long-suffering
• obliging
• happy-go-lucky

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• amiable
• agreeable
• good-natured
• unconcerned
• thick-skinned
• easygoing
• carefree
• relaxed
• well-disposed
• good-tempered
• forbearing
• understanding
• long-suffering
• obliging
• happy-go-lucky

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2

as in arrogant

having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude

he's been acting very huffy ever since he was named head of the department

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arrogant
• cavalier
• sniffy
• superior
• uppity
• supercilious
• bumptious
• haughty
• high-and-mighty
• important
• hifalutin
• smug
• assumptive
• domineering
• chesty
• pompous
• pretentious
• high-handed
• uppish
• dominant
• imperious
• presumptuous
• masterful
• high-hat
• peremptory
• huffish
• presuming
• authoritarian
• patronizing
• proud
• highfalutin
• dominating
• condescending
• lordly
• self-assertive
• toplofty
• toploftical
• overweening
• bossy
• lofty
• impudent
• snooty
• stiff-necked
• snobbish
• magisterial
• disdainful
• snobby
• saucy
• self-asserting
• boastful
• pontifical
• cocky
• bombastic
• egotistical
• blusterous
• impertinent
• conceited
• vainglorious
• egocentric
• swaggering
• blustery
• narcissistic
• egoistical
• hubristic
• complacent
• vain
• pontificating
• uninhibited
• self-satisfied
• braggy
• egotistic
• prideful
• egoistic
• bragging
• braggart
• self-centered
• extraverted
• self-complacent
• stuck-up
• immodest
• self-conceited
• brash
• extroverted
• unreserved
• self-applauding
• self-pleased
• self-affected
• self-flattering
• self-promoting
• orgulous
• self-loving
• forward

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humble
• modest
• lowly
• timid
• sheepish
• bashful
• unpretentious
• subdued
• shy
• diffident
• passive
• shrinking
• mousy
• introverted
• demure
• meek
• deferential
• acquiescent
• unassuming
• compliant
• submissive
• unassertive
• unaggressive
• unobtrusive
• unarrogant
• quiet
• mousey
• yielding
• cringing
• self-critical
• self-doubting
• overmodest
• reserved
• cowering
• retiring

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• humble
• modest
• lowly
• timid
• sheepish
• bashful
• unpretentious
• subdued
• shy
• diffident
• passive
• shrinking
• mousy
• introverted
• demure
• meek
• deferential
• acquiescent
• unassuming
• compliant
• submissive
• unassertive
• unaggressive
• unobtrusive
• unarrogant
• quiet
• mousey
• yielding
• cringing
• self-critical
• self-doubting
• overmodest
• reserved
• cowering
• retiring

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