huff

/hʌf/

Thân thiện

A child huffs to blow out the candles on a birthday cake.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A state of irritation or annoyance: A temporary mood of anger or offended pride, often leading to sulky or petulant behavior.
2. Verb:
   • To blow air out forcefully and loudly: To exhale or puff audibly, often from exertion or strong emotion.
   • To inhale the fumes of a volatile substance for an intoxicating effect: To breathe in a chemical vapor, such as glue or solvents, to become intoxicated.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She left the room in a huff after the argument.
  • He's in a huff because no one agreed with his idea.
• Verb (to blow):
  • The dragon huffed smoke from its nostrils.
  • He huffed with effort as he lifted the heavy box.
• Verb (to inhale fumes):
  • The warning label clearly states the dangers of huffing paint thinner.
  • Teenagers sometimes experiment with huffing household chemicals.

Advanced Usage

• "to huff and puff": To breathe loudly and heavily, especially from physical effort. It can also figuratively mean to express strong but often empty objections or threats.
  • The big bad wolf huffed and puffed, trying to blow the house down.
  • The politician huffed and puffed about the new policy but offered no alternative.

Variants and Related Words

• Huffy (adjective): Easily offended or annoyed; sulky.
  • She gave a huffy reply and turned away.
• Huffily (adverb): In an annoyed or offended manner.
  • "Well, fine then," he said huffily.

Synonyms

• Noun: Fit of pique, sulk, temper, annoyance.
• Verb (to blow): Puff, exhale, pant, blow.
• Verb (to inhale): Sniff, inhale, snort (specifically for powdered drugs).

Related Phrasal Verbs/Phrases

• Huff out: To leave a place in an angry or offended manner.
  • After losing the game, he huffed out of the room without a word.

Related Idioms

• In a huff: In a state of annoyed or offended irritation.
  • She slammed the door and stalked off in a huff.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a state of irritation or annoyance

Verb

1. blow hard and loudly
   • he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain
2. inhale recreational drugs
   • The addict was snorting cocaine almost every day
   • the kids were huffing glue

Từ đồng nghĩa

• miff
• seeing red
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• chuff
• snort