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# huffy

adjective (huffy, huffier, huffiest)

«huffy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Easily offended; quick to sulk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#m1)
2. Sulky and annoyed because your feelings are hurt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#m2)

### In the lessons

An informal everyday word: «Don't get huffy». In Alice in Wonderland many creatures are huffy, taking offence at Alice's harmless words. In stories, a huffy character goes off in a sulk.

### Examples

- Don't get huffy just because you lost the game. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#x1)
- My sister gets huffy when we tease her. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#x2)
- The Caterpillar was very huffy with Alice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#x3)
- He's in a huffy mood today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#x4)
- Toad got huffy when his friends laughed at him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#x5)
- The huffy cat refused to come in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/#x6)

### Note

Informal; comparative huffier, superlative huffiest. Related: «in a huff», «huff and puff» (to complain loudly; also the Big Bad Wolf's huffing and puffing).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «huffy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/huffy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«huffy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/huffy.html) on Mova free.