huffiness (Meaning)
huffiness (n)
a passing state of anger and resentment
huffiness (n.)
The state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
Synonyms & Antonyms of huffiness
Synonyms:
- superciliousness
- haughtiness
- pomposity
- hauteur
- lordliness
- loftiness
- self-importance
- pompousness
- pridefulness
- masterfulness
- pretentiousness
- imperiousness
- peremptoriness
- presumptuousness
- pretension
- consequence
- pretence
- high horse
- bumptiousness
- assumption
- attitude
- self-consequence
- pretense
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- dominance
- toploftiness
- vaingloriousness
- high-handedness
- cheekiness
- self-contentment
- bombast
- self-satisfaction
- bravado
- inflation
- egoism
- cheek
- self-assertion
- self-centeredness
- cockiness
- chest-thumping
- bossiness
- scorn
- braggadocio
- self-opinion
- vainglory
- strut
- condescension
- boastfulness
- snobbism
- bowwow
- complacence
- side
- self-complacency
- pride
- self-conceit
- swelled head
- snootiness
- egotism
- superiority complex
- smugness
- sauciness
- snobbishness
- impertinence
- authoritativeness
- brag
- triumphalism
- snobbery
- impudence
- self-content
- swagger
- vanity
Antonyms:
huffiness Sentence Examples
- The child's huffiness over a denied request was amusing.
- The meeting ended in a huffiness-filled stalemate.
- The boss's response was met with an air of huffiness from the employees.
- Her huffiness made it clear that she was displeased with the decision.
- The politician's speech was interrupted by a chorus of huffiness from the audience.
- The relationship suffered from frequent bouts of huffiness and resentment.
- The child's huffiness dissipated once they got their way.
- The waiter's huffiness made it seem like we were a bother to him.
- The huffiness between the siblings was palpable during the family gathering.
- Her huffiness was a passive-aggressive way of expressing her anger.
FAQs About the word huffiness
a passing state of anger and resentmentThe state of being huffish; petulance; bad temper.
disdain, superiority,arrogance, superciliousness, haughtiness, pomposity, hauteur, lordliness, loftiness, self-importance
bashfulness, demureness,humility, modesty, modesty, diffidence, humility, demureness, diffidence, unpretentiousness
The child's huffiness over a denied request was amusing.
The meeting ended in a huffiness-filled stalemate.
The boss's response was met with an air of huffiness from the employees.
Her huffiness made it clear that she was displeased with the decision.
