Huff

//hʌf//

Synonyms for "huff" (154 found)

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Closest matches (31)

puff snort add to aggrandize aggravate amplify anger angered annoy annoyed arouse augment blast bloat blow blow a hurricane blow great guns blow over blow up bludgeon

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bluster bluster out of breathe breathe hard breathe in breathe out breeze breeze up brew bristle

Noun(1 words)

mood

Strong matches (46)

broaden browbeat build build up bulk bulk out bulldoze bully chafe come up cough cow crescendo demoralize develop dilate distend dragoon dudgeon embitter

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enlarge exasperate exasperated exhale exhaust expand expel expire extend ferment freshen fret fume gasp gather grate gulp hack harass heave hector hiccup high dudgeon hike hike up

Verb(1 words)

chuff

Related words (77)

in a huff in a pet incense increase inflame inflate inhale inspire intimidate irritate irritated magnify miff nettle offense pant peeve peeved pet petulant

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Noun(3 words)

miff seeing red strop

Verb(2 words)

puff snort

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

annoyance blow botheration breathe in inhale inspire irritation vexation

Synonyms

2 entries

puff snort

derived

13 entries

Hufflepuff antihuff huff and puff huff off huff paste huff-cap huff-snuff huffcap huffer huffish huffy in a huff take huff

etymologically related_to

1 entries

hough

has context

1 entries

draughts

is a

1 entries

irritation

related to

20 entries

anger annoyance arrogance boaster breath breathe chide disgust enlarge forfeit grunt huffy inhalant inhale insolence pride

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Translations

29 translations across 9 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

пухтя verb (to breathe heavily)

Finnish

4 entries

huohottaa verb (to breathe heavily)
impata verb (to inhale psychoactive inhalants)
puhista verb (to breathe heavily)
puhkua verb (to breathe heavily)

French

3 entries

sniffer verb (to inhale psychoactive inhalants)
souffler verb (to breathe heavily)
souffler comme un bœuf verb (to breathe heavily)

German

4 entries

Verärgerung noun (condition of anger, annoyance, disgust etc.)
(vor Wut) schnauben verb (to bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense)
aufbauen vor verb (to treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector)
aufblasen verb (to bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense)

Hindi

1 entries

हाँफना verb (to breathe heavily)

Irish

1 entries

stuaic noun (condition of anger, annoyance, disgust etc.)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

اوفكه noun (condition of anger, annoyance, disgust etc.)
قیزغینلق noun (condition of anger, annoyance, disgust etc.)

Russian

3 entries

нюхать verb (to inhale psychoactive inhalants)
нюхнуть verb (to inhale psychoactive inhalants)
пыхтеть verb (to breathe heavily)

Spanish

2 entries

resollar verb (to breathe heavily)
resoplar verb (to breathe heavily)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She stormed off in a huff.

Source: tatoeba (874533)

Tom stormed off in a huff.

Source: tatoeba (5745099)

Mary made an indignant noise and turned away from Tom in a huff.

Source: tatoeba (6162668)

She's in a huff.

Source: tatoeba (8296039)

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