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Definition of Huffy
1. Adjective. Quick to take offense.
Similar to: Sensitive
Derivative terms: Huffiness, Touchiness
2. Adjective. Roused to anger. "Sore over a remark"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Angry
Derivative terms: Huff, Huffiness, Madness, Soreness
Definition of Huffy
1. a. Puffed up; as, huffy bread.
Definition of Huffy
1. Adjective. angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated ¹
2. Adjective. easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy ¹
3. Adjective. puffed up ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Huffy
1. easily offended [adj HUFFIER, HUFFIEST] : HUFFILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Huffy
Literary usage of Huffy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays by John Bell (1780)
"Come, huffy, don't cheat your father, have made a better bargain with him than
I could have done How much, my good girl? and I (hall not rv angry with you ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"Cut their meat after an Italian fashion, wear« 'Lr,r hat and feather after a
Germaine huffy. ... huffy ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1829)
"The first author usually quoted on the subject of huffy blood is Sydenham, ...
The doctrine of huffy blood must he sought for, not in the writings of ..."
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