HUFFINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does huffiness mean? 

• HUFFINESS (noun)
  The noun HUFFINESS has 1 sense:

1. a passing state of anger and resentment

  Familiarity information: HUFFINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUFFINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A passing state of anger and resentment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Hypernyms ("huffiness" is a kind of...):

anger; choler; ire (a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance)

Derivation:

huffy (roused to anger)

huffy (quick to take offense)