Huffed

//hʌft// adj, verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of huff form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    In a huff; irritable.

    "In the mean time, Cluffe had arrived. He was a little bit huffed and grand at being nailed as an evidence, upon a few words carelessly, or, if you will, confidentially dropped at his own mess-table, where Lowe chanced to be a guest; and certainly with no suspicion that his little story could in any way be made to elucidate the mystery of Sturk's murder."

Synonyms

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puffsnortmoodadd toaggrandizeaggravate

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"And so the Big Bad Wolf huffed, and he puffed, and he blew down the tag that demanded a native check."

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