huffishness

huffishness
See huffishly.

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  • Huffishness — Huffish Huff ish, a. Disposed to be blustering or arrogant; petulant. {Huff ish*ly}, adv. {Huff ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • huffishness — noun a feeling of sulky resentment • Syn: ↑sulkiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑huffish, ↑sulky (for: ↑sulkiness) • Hypernyms: ↑resentment, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • sulkiness — noun 1. a feeling of sulky resentment • Syn: ↑huffishness • Derivationally related forms: ↑huffish (for: ↑huffishness), ↑sulky • Hypernyms: ↑resen …   Useful english dictionary

  • huffish — huffishly, adv. huffishness, n. /huf ish/, adj. 1. peevish; irritable. 2. swaggering; insolent; bullying. [1745 55; HUFF + ISH1] * * * …   Universalium

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  • irascibility — Synonyms and related words: aggressiveness, agitability, bearishness, bellicosity, belligerence, bickering, bitchiness, cantankerousness, churlishness, combativeness, combustibility, contentiousness, contrariness, crabbedness, crankiness,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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  • perversity — Synonyms and related words: antagonism, antipathy, antithesis, bearishness, bitchiness, cantankerousness, churlishness, clashing, collision, conflict, confrontation, contradiction, contradistinction, contraindication, contraposition, contrariety …   Moby Thesaurus

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  • testiness — Synonyms and related words: bearishness, bitchiness, cantankerousness, churlishness, crabbedness, crankiness, crossness, crustiness, cussedness, disagreeability, excitability, fractiousness, huffiness, huffishness, irascibility, irritability,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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