dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/huf_MW.json

{
  "huff":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dither",
      "fluster",
      "fret",
      "fuss",
      "lather",
      "pother",
      "stew",
      "sweat",
      "swelter",
      "swivet",
      "tizzy",
      "twitter"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a usually peevish and transitory spell of anger or resentment":[
        "quit in a huff"
      ],
      ": to emit puffs (as of breath or steam)":[],
      ": to inhale (noxious fumes) through the mouth for the euphoric effect produced by the inhalant":[],
      ": to make angry":[],
      ": to make empty threats : bluster":[],
      ": to proceed with labored breathing":[
        "huffed up to the peak"
      ],
      ": to react or behave indignantly":[],
      ": to treat with contempt":[],
      ": to utter with indignation or scorn":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Verb",
      "\u201cThe project is a complete waste of time,\u201d she huffed .",
      "demanding to speak to the branch manager, she huffed about the rudeness of the bank teller",
      "Noun",
      "was in a huff because everyone was running late and the hot breakfast she had prepared was getting cold",
      "gets all in a huff every time anyone makes the slightest criticism",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "And in suburban California in the 1990\u2019s, preteen girls like me would pass candy-sweet tubes of Lip Smackers to their crushes to huff during 6th grade social studies. \u2014 Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 May 2022",
      "There's little to huff and puff about on the mostly level ride with some fun ups and downs and no leg burning climbs. \u2014 Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online , 21 Dec. 2021",
      "Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Ecomodernists huff loudly at claims that any kind of economic downshift\u2014planned or unplanned\u2014can result in anything but a drastic deterioration in human welfare. \u2014 Mary L. Trump, The New Republic , 12 Aug. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "Then a few more, closer each time, and finally a loud huff just beyond the nylon walls of the tent. \u2014 Washington Post , 9 Dec. 2021",
      "Franzen, child of Western Springs, chronicler of contemporary America, Exhibit A of the Great White Male American Novelist (circa 2021), reflexively detested, never arrives on the page now without a huff , a herald or a hand-wringing. \u2014 Christopher Borrelli, chicagotribune.com , 13 Oct. 2021",
      "The Academy president, Bette Davis, quit her post in a huff after the board scoffed at her proposal to move the Oscars from a ballroom to a theatre, give the proceeds to war relief, and present wooden statuettes. \u2014 Michael Schulman, The New Yorker , 25 Mar. 2022",
      "The uninvited visitor surveyed the room and left in a huff . \u2014 New York Times , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Reverge Anselmo, a former U.S. Marine, former novelist, ex-filmmaker, former vintner and guardian of a vast fortune, abandoned his stunning Shasta County estate in 2014 in a huff . \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 18 Mar. 2022",
      "In other words: Don\u2019t get in a huff about these choices. \u2014 Washington Post , 27 Jan. 2022",
      "At one point, fed up with the nagging, Mr. Green left in a huff and drove his Corvette into the country to think. \u2014 Marc Myers, WSJ , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "This prompted the institute to back out of the conference in a huff . \u2014 Damon Linker, The Week , 29 Sep. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1583, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a":"Verb",
      "1684, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "imitative":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for huff Noun offense , resentment , umbrage , pique , dudgeon , huff mean an emotional response to or an emotional state resulting from a slight or indignity. offense implies hurt displeasure. takes deep offense at racial slurs resentment suggests lasting indignation or ill will. harbored a lifelong resentment of his brother umbrage may suggest hurt pride, resentment, or suspicion of another's motives. took umbrage at the offer of advice pique applies to a transient feeling of wounded vanity. in a pique I foolishly declined the invitation dudgeon suggests an angry fit of indignation. stormed out of the meeting in high dudgeon huff implies a peevish short-lived spell of anger usually at a petty cause. in a huff he slammed the door",
    "synonyms":[
      "bluster",
      "fulminate",
      "rant",
      "rave",
      "spout"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052621",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "huff-snuff":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": swashbuckler":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "huff entry 1 + snuff":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111336",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "huffily":{
    "antonyms":[
      "thick-skinned"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily offended : touchy":[],
      ": haughty , arrogant":[],
      ": roused to indignation : irritated":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Now, don't get huffy \u2014I was only teasing.",
      "the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And before anyone gets huffy about the cost of living on the coasts, remember that those statewide thresholds would presumably apply to less costly inland California and New York, too. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 May 2021",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "tetchy",
      "thin-skinned",
      "ticklish",
      "touchy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-052016",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "huffiness":{
    "antonyms":[
      "thick-skinned"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily offended : touchy":[],
      ": haughty , arrogant":[],
      ": roused to indignation : irritated":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Now, don't get huffy \u2014I was only teasing.",
      "the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And before anyone gets huffy about the cost of living on the coasts, remember that those statewide thresholds would presumably apply to less costly inland California and New York, too. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 May 2021",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "tetchy",
      "thin-skinned",
      "ticklish",
      "touchy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-092640",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "huffish":{
    "antonyms":[
      "humble",
      "lowly",
      "modest",
      "unarrogant",
      "unpretentious"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": arrogant , sulky":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "huffish wealthy people who expected to receive top priority in the ship's dining room"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1755, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259-fish"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "arrogant",
      "assumptive",
      "bumptious",
      "cavalier",
      "chesty",
      "haughty",
      "high-and-mighty",
      "high-handed",
      "high-hat",
      "highfalutin",
      "hifalutin",
      "huffy",
      "imperious",
      "important",
      "lofty",
      "lordly",
      "masterful",
      "overweening",
      "peremptory",
      "pompous",
      "presuming",
      "presumptuous",
      "pretentious",
      "self-asserting",
      "self-assertive",
      "sniffy",
      "stiff-necked",
      "supercilious",
      "superior",
      "toplofty",
      "toploftical",
      "uppish",
      "uppity"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-215141",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "huffy":{
    "antonyms":[
      "thick-skinned"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": easily offended : touchy":[],
      ": haughty , arrogant":[],
      ": roused to indignation : irritated":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Now, don't get huffy \u2014I was only teasing.",
      "the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "And before anyone gets huffy about the cost of living on the coasts, remember that those statewide thresholds would presumably apply to less costly inland California and New York, too. \u2014 The Editorial Board, WSJ , 9 May 2021",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020",
      "Some homophobic military goons get huffy when Joe and Nicky kiss when captured, and then the bad guys get their butts whupped. \u2014 Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press , 10 July 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u0259-f\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "tetchy",
      "thin-skinned",
      "ticklish",
      "touchy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-005926",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "huff and puff":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to breathe in a loud and heavy way because of physical effort":[
        "He was huffing and puffing when he got to the top of the stairs."
      ],
      ": to show one is annoyed or angry":[
        "She'll huff and puff for a while, but she'll calm down later."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000634"
  }
}