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huffy (adj.)

"puffed with pride or arrogance, ready to take offense," 1670s, from huff (n.) + -y (2). Related: Huffily; huffiness. Huffish "petulant, ill-humored" is from 1755.

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Definitions of huffy from WordNet

huffy (adj.)
quick to take offense;
Synonyms: thin-skinned / feisty / touchy
huffy (adj.)
roused to anger; "stayed huffy a good while"- Mark Twain;
Synonyms: mad / sore
From wordnet.princeton.edu