huffy

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But Tom he was huffy, and said me and Jim was a couple of ignorant blatherskites, and then he says:

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  1. adjective Easily offended; touchy.
  2. adjective Irritated or annoyed; indignant.
  3. adjective Arrogant; haughty.

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  • He was acting huffy, sitting on a throne that was placed on a platform six steps above everybody else Silver has very clean habits. —  LeoA
  • I asked her why she was laughing—I was a little huffy, I'm afraid—and she said the men looked so adorably conceited and funny. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Murder at Bridge, by Anne Austin
  • Juanita was growing restless, huffy, and defensive. —  Meredith Blevins - [Szabo 01] - The Hummingbird Wizard
  • But the president got all huffy, and so did SUNY's newspaper. —  Inside Higher Ed
  • Where I get a little huffy is the proposition that the people around me are poor. —  BIG BLUE WAVE
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