Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff.
- n. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
- v. To cause to become offended or annoyed.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A fit of Petulant displeasure; a feeling of slight anger or resentment.
- Vexed; offended; angry.
- To give a slight offense to; displease: nearly always in the past participle: as, she was somewhat miffed.
Wiktionary
- n. A small argument, quarrel.
- n. A state of being offended.
- v. transitive, usually used in the passive to offend slightly
- v. intransitive to become slightly offended
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense.
- v. colloq. To offend slightly.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a state of irritation or annoyance
- v. cause to be annoyed
Etymologies
- Origin uncertain. (Wiktionary)
- Possibly expressive of disgust. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“(Hey ... we used to hunt dear with sticks and pointy rocks, now look at the burdens we carry just to miff a shot.)”
“We could do courses on "picking the right cut of meat", "tending your fires", "Wood Chips, Rubs, Mops, and Sauces", and "Medium-Rare meat, just to miff the ladies".”
“It did miff me when I found out that some of the premium content like Harry Potter was only available through iTunes.”
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“Why our society relegates the natural to the realm of taboo, while paying no mind to shameless violence on prime time never fails to miff me.”
“So far the talk has raged along two distinct axes: a wild litany of names and places coursing through the gossip miff, but for the record, little save shadowy, blind allegations.”
“He lurks in his Lerkim, cold under the roof, where he makes his own clothes out of miff-muffered moof.”
“Such a move would also miff top adviser George Stephanopoulos, who'd lose the one advantage of his closet-size office: its shortcut through the dining room to the Oval Office.”
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“The new year has a sparked a revival of rumors that Paris Hilton is a miff-diver.”
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“Oar is dis a miff promoated by the sharpie marker lobby?”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘miff’.
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ChortleGiggleSnort
Significant Words- Guiding you on your path to Snazzibility
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tomax's Words
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
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Vocabulary
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Prattle Words
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hard words
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New words from Reading
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