Synonyms of in a huff

in a huff

phrase

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

Frank was all in a huff when his boss scheduled him to work on the weekend for the third week in a row.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• furious
• mad
• indignant
• infuriated
• enraged
• angered
• ballistic
• outraged
• infuriate
• hot
• sore
• bent out of shape
• rabid
• passionate
• hot under the collar
• hopping mad
• steamed up
• in a fume
• cheesed off
• annoyed
• blue in the face
• in a pet
• fit to be tied
• steaming
• irate
• irritable
• ticked
• apoplectic
• wrathful
• going crook
• incensed
• livid
• choleric
• riley
• fuming
• foaming
• teed off
• hopping
• inflamed
• riled
• rankled
• ireful
• wroth
• horn-mad
• roiled
• shirty
• bitter
• exasperated
• stormy
• cold
• aggravated
• worked up
• unpleasant
• wrought (up)
• spiteful
• resentful
• huffy
• distant
• ranting
• raving
• disagreeable
• unfriendly
• vindictive
• vengeful
• antagonistic
• virulent
• icy
• malevolent
• seething
• antipathetic
• inimical
• smoldering
• contrary
• peevish
• cool
• touchy
• antisocial
• acrid
• embittered
• frigid
• vitriolic
• sizzling
• grumpy
• acrimonious
• sulky
• boiling
• cranky
• contentious
• cross
• fussy
• rancorous
• bristly
• petulant
• grouchy
• bristling
• perturbed
• fretful
• argumentative
• inflammable
• disapproving
• put out
• pugnacious
• testy
• churlish
• sorehead
• belligerent
• irascible
• snappish
• bilious
• cantankerous
• crabby
• burning
• dyspeptic
• disputatious
• quarrelsome
• bearish
• querulous
• piqued
• ornery
• ill-tempered
• ill-humored
• quick-tempered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pleased
• delighted
• accepting
• agreeable
• happy
• friendly
• angerless
• content
• amenable
• obliging
• accommodating
• sympathetic
• understanding
• satisfied
• cordial
• amicable
• kind
• complaisant
• sweet
• tolerant
• serene
• pleasant
• calm
• empathetic
• tranquil
• placid
• pacific
• peaceable
• unembittered
• amiable
• genial
• affable
• easygoing
• good-natured
• good-tempered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of in a huff

Trump, however, has repeatedly criticized Russia’s expulsion and made no secret of his disdain for the G-7—even quitting its 2018 summit in a huff. — Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025

Some, snubbed by their companions, stomp off in a huff or peck adjacent fans instead, while youthful pairs looking to lock lips are thwarted by chaperoning adults. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2025

By issue three, the teenaged Human Torch quits the team in a huff. — Oliver Staley, Time, 25 July 2025

The footage shows Murphy inside an empty tent, looking out of the clear PVC window and sitting in the corner, seemingly in a huff. — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025