huff

Betekenis (Engels)

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).

Concepten

afgrijzen

afkeer

afschrik

afschuw

doen walgen

gruwel

hekel

razen

😡

tegenstaan

tegenzin

tieren

uitvaren

walg

walgen

walging

weerzin

vlaag van woede

aversie

afstoting

erschrikking

degout

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

enojo

💢

darılmak

sbuffare

gücenmek

öfke

💢

brufolar

dargınlık

küsmek

fàstic

enrabiada

grunyir

rebequeria

Abneigung

Abscheu

كره

😡

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hʌf/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Duits: hauchen

In summary

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