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Synonyms for huffy

  • adjective

Most common

angry irritable petulant peevish arrogant insolent hissy

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Petulant — angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated

petulant, irritable, angry, peevish, mad, querulous, cantankerous, thin-skinned, touchy, irascible, sore, feisty, splenetic, cranky, testy, ill-tempered, fretful, choleric, fractious, waspish, crabbed, snappish

Other

arrogant, hissy, insolent

Antonyms

imperturbable

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated.

Related words

Word family
huffiness

Example sentences

  • angry I was angry about missing that film at the cinema.
  • irritable Tom is usually a little irritable in the morning.
  • petulant Her petulant humor upset the attendees.
  • peevish Tom woke up feeling rather peevish.
  • arrogant I don't need the validation of an arrogant person.
  • insolent Her insolent remarks to her boss cost her her job.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
huffyrising
angryrising
irritablerising
petulantrising
peevishrising
arrogantrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
mad1
4 letters
sore1
5 letters
angry2, testy2, hissy
6 letters
touchy2, feisty2, cranky2
7 letters
fretful2, peevish2, waspish, crabbed1
8 letters
arrogant3, petulant3, insolent3, choleric3, snappish
9 letters
irritable4, irascible4, fractious2, querulous3, splenetic
12 letters
cantankerous4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angry2 = 2 syllables).