nay, she would throw it in the teeth of Allworthy himself, when a little quarrel, or miff, as it is vulgarly called, arose between them.
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Miff
//mɪf//
Synonyms for "miff" (102 found)
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Translations
38 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- мусене noun (a state of being offended)
- спречкване noun (an argument, quarrel)
- муся се verb (to become slightly offended)
- разсърдвам verb (to offend slightly)
Catalan
1 entries- ofendre verb (to offend slightly)
Czech
4 entries- nakrknout verb (to offend slightly)
- nakrknout se verb (to become slightly offended)
- namíchnout verb (to offend slightly)
- namíchnout se verb (to become slightly offended)
Dutch
2 entries- verontwaardigen verb (to offend slightly)
- zich gekrenkt voelen verb (to become slightly offended)
Esperanto
4 entries- disputo noun (an argument, quarrel)
- ĉagreniĝo noun (a state of being offended)
- ĉagreni verb (to offend slightly)
- ĉagreniĝi verb (to become slightly offended)
Finnish
4 entries- erimielisyys noun (an argument, quarrel)
- kahnaus noun (an argument, quarrel)
- loukata verb (to offend slightly)
- loukkaantua verb (to become slightly offended)
French
2 entries- fâcherie noun (an argument, quarrel)
- fâcher verb (to offend slightly)
Galician
1 entries- agraviar verb (to offend slightly)
German
4 entries- Streit noun (an argument, quarrel)
- Verstimmung noun (a state of being offended)
- beleidigen verb (to offend slightly)
- verstimmen verb (to offend slightly)
Hebrew
1 entries- נֶעֱלַב verb (to become slightly offended)
Hungarian
2 entries- civakodás noun (an argument, quarrel)
- összezördülés noun (an argument, quarrel)
Italian
1 entries- offendere verb (to offend slightly)
Portuguese
2 entries- amofinar verb (to offend slightly)
- amofinar-se verb (to become slightly offended)
Russian
4 entries- оби́да noun (a state of being offended)
- размо́лвка noun (an argument, quarrel)
- ссо́ра noun (an argument, quarrel)
- обижа́ться verb (to become slightly offended)
Spanish
1 entries- ofensar verb (to offend slightly)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Well, to cut a long story short, by-long and by-late, John Wildway and I had a miff and parted; and lo and behold, the coming man came!
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She's taken a miff at something, I suppose, and means to cut my acquaintance.
Source: wiktionary
he [our Interpreter Shabonah] will not agree to work let our Situation be what it may nor Stand a guard, and if miffed with any man he wishes to return when he pleases
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