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as in irritable
easily offended
the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight
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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
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Recent Examples of huffy
Eleven hours into this 15-hour shift, most of the attending’s best qualities — his pragmatic approach to medicine, his encouragement of young colleagues, his ability to roll with unexpected challenges — have curdled into huffy dismissiveness and defensive blind spots.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
He is seen as favoring Christine Lagarde, head of the European Central Bank, to take over WEF, though her huffy exit this year from a dinner stacked with US government officials may make things awkward.
—semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
The first, rather vacuous season hinges in part on whether the Russells’ neighbor—the huffy, old-money Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski)—will ever cross Sixty-first Street to visit.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Mister Terrific, who is not a humorous man but is very funny because of it, gets very huffy over Superman’s jibes and storms off.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Inevitably all this tumult attracts the attention of a trio of huffy rival confectioners, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and Fickelgruber (Mathew Baynton).
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
Thus the mischief of the Allegretto scherzando was made more mischievous: Its huffy pace and hushed dialogues of oboes and flutes interrupted by scrubby strings.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
He is seen as favoring Christine Lagarde, head of the European Central Bank, to take over WEF, though her huffy exit this year from a dinner stacked with US government officials may make things awkward.
—semafor.com, 3 Mar. 2026
The first, rather vacuous season hinges in part on whether the Russells’ neighbor—the huffy, old-money Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski)—will ever cross Sixty-first Street to visit.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Mister Terrific, who is not a humorous man but is very funny because of it, gets very huffy over Superman’s jibes and storms off.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
Inevitably all this tumult attracts the attention of a trio of huffy rival confectioners, Slugworth (Paterson Joseph), Prodnose (Matt Lucas), and Fickelgruber (Mathew Baynton).
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
Thus the mischief of the Allegretto scherzando was made more mischievous: Its huffy pace and hushed dialogues of oboes and flutes interrupted by scrubby strings.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for huffy
Adjective
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Caroly is immediately affected, glued to the TV; John, suddenly irritable, retreats.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2026
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Rather than get irritable online, Medeiros did something positive about it.—
Dan Medeiros,
The Herald News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Would the petulant, arrogant, all-knowing Donald still have started a war against Iran?—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
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Your partner acts arrogant or entitled.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Edgily eager to shoot their scenes and get a move on with their acting lives, the increasingly tetchy trio are stuck in virtual drydock as all actual moviemaking has drained away.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
10 Mar. 2026
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On the eve of the spring classics, the atmosphere is tetchy.—
Chris Marshall-Bell,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Each crossbreed comes from a poodle bred with a cavalier King Charles spaniel, cocker spaniel, or Labrador retriever.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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This cavalier attitude toward urban planning has been conjoined to a disingenuousness in the discussion of City Hall’s fate.—
Mark Lamster
Architecture Critic,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Any one of those facts should have triggered harder questions about putting sensitive law enforcement data on Microsoft’s cloud.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Mar. 2026
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Aestura’s Atobarrier365 Cream aims to help dry, sensitive skin find that same kind of balance.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
22 Mar. 2026
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But a large part of it still existed and had never been digitized and was in fairly touchy condition.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Mar. 2026
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Other subjects are touchier, including the sport’s fast-approaching labor war.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Huffy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huffy. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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