huff
[verb]
Synonyms: pant, blow, gasp, heave, pank, pegh, puff, irritate, grate, inflame, nettle, peeve, pique, provoke, put out, rile, roil
[noun]
Synonyms: offense, dudgeon, miff, pique, resentment, snuff, umbrage

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. huff¹ /hʌf/ verb informal
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: From the sound]

1. huff and puff
a) to breathe out in a noisy way, especially when you do something that involves a lot of physical effort:
He was huffing and puffing by the time he got to the top.
b) to show clearly that you strongly disagree with or are annoyed about something:
After a lot of huffing and puffing, he eventually gave in to our request.

2. [transitive] to say something in a way that shows you are annoyed, often because someone has offended you:
‘I haven’t got time for that now,’ huffed Sam irritably.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. huff² noun
in a huff feeling angry or bad-tempered, especially because someone has offended you
go off/walk off/leave etc in a huff
She stormed out in a huff.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

huff
noun
VERB + HUFF get in, go into | go off in, march off in, storm off in, walk off in She went off in a huff after losing the game.
PREP. in a ~ He's in a huff because he wasn't invited.
~ at She got in a huff at being doubted.
~ over Alison's in a huff over the joke they played on her.

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