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in a huff

In an offended manner, angrily, as in When he left out her name, she stalked out in a huff. This idiom transfers huff in the sense of a gust of wind to a burst of anger. [Late 1600s] Also see in a snit.

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RELATED WORDS

resentful, miffed, irate, livid, heated, mad, scornful, incensed, furious, annoyed, downcast, melancholy, cross, sulky, acrimonious, boiling, disgruntled, displeased, huffy, peeved

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