Huffish
/ˈhʌfɪʃ/noun
Bad-tempered, peevish, or easily offended.
Did you know?Huffish is tied to the older verb huff, meaning to blow or puff in anger, and English even used huff in the sense of an offended, swelling pride long before modern slang.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*keub-
“to swell, blow, or puff up”
Old English
OE
hyf
“a puff or gust; a swelling breath”
Middle English
ME
huffen
“to puff, blow, or express anger”
16th Century
English
huff
“a fit of anger; offended pride”
17th Century
English
huffish
“ill-tempered, touchy, or peevish”
Modern English
English
huffish
“bad-tempered or easily offended”