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HUFFISHNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does huffishness mean?
• HUFFISHNESS (noun)
The noun HUFFISHNESS has 1 sense:
1. a feeling of sulky resentment
Familiarity information: HUFFISHNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A feeling of sulky resentment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Synonyms:
huffishness; sulkiness
Hypernyms ("huffishness" is a kind of...):
bitterness; gall; rancor; rancour; resentment (a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will)
Derivation:
huffish (sullen or moody)
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