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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A petulant, bad-tempered mood; a huff.
  2. n. A petty quarrel or argument; a tiff.
  3. v. To cause to become offended or annoyed.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A fit of Petulant displeasure; a feeling of slight anger or resentment.
  2. Vexed; offended; angry.
  3. To give a slight offense to; displease: nearly always in the past participle: as, she was somewhat miffed.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small argument, quarrel.
  2. n. A state of being offended.
  3. v. transitive, usually used in the passive to offend slightly
  4. v. intransitive to become slightly offended

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense.
  2. v. colloq. To offend slightly.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a state of irritation or annoyance
  2. v. cause to be annoyed

Etymologies

  1. Origin uncertain. (Wiktionary)
  2. Possibly expressive of disgust. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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