huffiness
IPA: hˈʌfaɪnɪs
noun
- The state or condition of being huffy.
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Examples of "huffiness" in Sentences
- David's word; but David knew how to check that "huffiness"!
- Actually, I was rather rude with my huffiness and ordering her to the back of the line.
- This kind of huffiness is just blood in the water for the Republicans, and "compromise" to them is a synonym for "sucker."
- She's been a political animal all her life, meaning she is not going to have any public huffiness or outbursts of "pride".
- Like many of these things they run out of steam, expectations vary wildly, tempers fray and the whole thing implodes in a flurry of huffiness ... or was it a fluffy of hurriness.
- This is turning out to be a great summer for lovers of cliches: France's football team is behaving with the kind of deliciously Gallic huffiness last seen from Pepe le Pew after being rejected by a suitor.
- Roger, so very clever to say "before you get huffy," precluding huffiness at the part likely to cause it: "books eligible to receive them become subconsciously marked-down by the Newbery and Caldecott judges because they can win 'something else.'"
- That's the real reason for the huffiness: Franken and his staff obviously don't know how Washington works yet -- you're supposed watch silently and courteously as special interests gut the urgently-needed provisions you've won for the American people.
- And let me interrupt myself to say here, I have *seen* some sarcasm and huffiness, and I have even dished some out, and in the grand scheme of things, the replies were perhaps a 3.5 or 4 on a 1-10 snark scale – right up until “lil miss kitty,” at which point it jumped to about a 6.5.
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