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noun

ˈmif How to pronounce miff (audio)
Definition of miffnext
as in huff
the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity "No one asked you!" she retorted, with some miff

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miff

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verb

as in to annoy

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Recent Examples of miff
Verb
Finch, a former Nuggets assistant coach, was miffed during his postgame press conference. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026 The Jazz had opened up a double-digit lead in the second half, and Ball Arena was miffed. — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 28 Mar. 2026 Staten Island residents still miffed by 2-K snub Staten Island was left out of the first 2,000 seats available for 2-K, prompting the mayor to go there Tuesday to undo the hurt feelings. — Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026 The Blue Jackets were once again miffed about their lack of power plays. — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miff
  1. huff
  2. annoy
  3. anger
  4. exasperate
  5. frustration
  6. irritate
  7. umbrage
  8. vex
Noun
  • Devers walked back to the dugout in a huff.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
  • Not everyone feels the same way, however, and some progressive parents and staff are in a huff.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2026
Definition of huff
Verb
  • Part of me is annoyed that the process didn’t hand me a neat solution.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Taking out anger and frustration on an innocent bystander is a surefire way to annoy those around you.
    — Joey Skladany, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of annoy
Noun
  • Republican lawmakers -- many of them in tough election contests where soaring fuel costs are driving voter anger -- praised the agreement.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The defeat came amid protests sparked by an elderly woman’s eviction, and could deepen public anger and fuel speculation about early elections.
    — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of anger
Verb
  • When Caleb Hammer, a thirty-one-year-old personal-finance YouTuber, gets particularly exasperated, his voice enters a shrill upper register.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • As new waves of feminists confronted different issues, some became exasperated by Steinem’s seemingly perennial role as the face of the women’s movement.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of exasperate
Noun
  • Players slapped each other’s helmets in frustration while angry voices carried from the sideline.
    — D’Joumbarey Moreau, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Rubin acknowledged the union’s frustrations in a response to the no-confidence vote, but said there were no funds available to increase overtime.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of frustration
Verb
  • The gaps that irritate people daily are rarely the gaps that can hurt the company.
    — Jeremy Bradley-Silverio Donato, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • This metric is a little misleading—most bills that get introduced never go anywhere—and the claim tends to irritate Collins’s critics.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of irritate
Noun
  • The benches and bullpens emptied as the first baseman, who had homered in the first inning, took umbrage with the pitches.
    — LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Vitello did not mention Randazzo or the Apple TV broadcast, but the Giants’ rookie manager took umbrage with the accusation.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of umbrage
Verb
  • The question of whether animals have souls can be deeply meaningful and also vexing.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Dolphins’ third-down snaps vexed the Chiefs most of the afternoon.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of vex

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“Miff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miff. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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