huff

Meaning

Noun

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

Synonyms

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hʌf/

Etymology

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