dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/mif_MW.json
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{
"miff":{
"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": a fit of ill humor":[],
": a trivial quarrel":[],
": to put into an ill humor : offend":[]
},
"examples":[
"Noun",
"\u201cNo one asked you!\u201d she retorted, with some miff",
"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
"Others were miffed by the obvious double standards. \u2014 Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com , 28 Jan. 2020",
"Ankara is also miffed that Washington is backing Turkey\u2019s rivals in a natural gas dispute with Cyprus and in other regional conflicts. \u2014 Washington Post , 16 Dec. 2019",
"President Trump was reportedly miffed by Mulvaney's admission, and even the Justice Department distanced itself from Mulvaney's statement. \u2014 Doug Criss, CNN , 18 Oct. 2019",
"York\u2019s report at the Examiner examined documents sent by State Department inspector general Steve Linick to Congress, responding to members miffed by a presidential visit to the Turnberry Resort. \u2014 John Hirschauer, National Review , 12 Sep. 2019",
"Scouts were miffed that Alabama\u2019s Quinnen Williams, seen by some of the top talent in the draft, wasn\u2019t even slightly under consideration by Lynch and Shanahan. \u2014 Jon Becker, The Mercury News , 25 July 2019",
"Both were rejected for San Francisco\u2019s pilot program; city officials were miffed by their abrupt rollout of numerous scooters a year ago without permission. \u2014 Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com , 12 June 2019",
"Owens was inducted into the Hall, but won\u2019t be attending the ceremony, which has miffed the game\u2019s establishment. \u2014 Jason Gay, WSJ , 26 July 2018",
"One of OnePlus\u2019s greatest strengths is catering to Android enthusiasts on a budget, so some buyers are going to be miffed by this decision. \u2014 Michael Simon, PCWorld , 13 Sep. 2018"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1623, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1811, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mif"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"offense",
"offence",
"peeve",
"pique",
"resentment",
"umbrage"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-083132",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"miffy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": inclined to take offense : touchy":[
"next afternoon the miffy matron was back",
"\u2014 Tuscaloosa (Alabama) News"
],
": requiring favorable conditions for growth":[
"the saxifrage plants were miffy"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-fi",
"\u02c8mif\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-080323"
},
"Mifflin":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Thomas 1744\u20131800 American general in Revolution":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8mi-fl\u0259n"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-103018"
}
}