huff

(Anglais)

Noun

1. A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
2. (figuratively) A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
3. (obsolete) One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
4. The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To breathe heavily.
2. (intransitive) To say in a huffy manner.
3. (intransitive) To enlarge; to swell up.
4. (intransitive) To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
5. (transitive) To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
6. (archaic, transitive) To vex; to offend.
7. (transitive) To inhale psychoactive inhalants.
8. (transitive) To remove an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/hʌf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à allemand: hauchen

In summary

Probably an altered spelling of earlier *hough, represented by Scots hech (“to breathe hard, pant”). Compare also German hauchen (“to breathe”).

Concepts

abomination

antipathie

aversion

bouffée

dégoût

horreur

répugnance

répulsion

souffler

écœurement

exécration

nausée

dégout

Synonymes

miff

puff

ire

wrath

rage

😡

resentment

snort

seeing red

anger

💢

pant

chuff

dander

fume

fury

indignation

irritation

offence

pet

pique

snuff

spleen

sulk

tantrum

temper

vexation

wrathfulness

breathe heavily

in a huff

stroke

fuff

wrathiness

abhorrence

sticker shock

abomination

aggravation

angriness

aversion

blow

bluster

bully

choler

detestation

disgust

dudgeon

Traductions

enojo

💢

darılmak

sbuffare

gücenmek

öfke

💢

brufolar

dargınlık

küsmek

fàstic

enrabiada

grunyir

rebequeria

Abneigung

Abscheu

كره

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