in a huff
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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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Words nearby in a huff
in a flash, in a flutter, in a fog, in a good light, in a hole, in a huff, in a jam, in a lather, inalienable, in all, in all one's born days
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