in a huff

Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

When Rachel asks the passenger to turn his phone down because it's distracting her, he calls her "the most miserable bus driver I have come across in my entire life" and gets off the bus in a huff.

From BBC

“They stormed off in a huff,” says Dr Beake.

From BBC

“He literally left the room in a huff.”

From Literature

It had to go off somewhere to sit in a huff, unruffle its feathers, and regain its ruthless composure.

From Literature

Abel learned that Gower played bass fiddle in a small orchestra whose specialty was country music, had great-grandchildren by the dozen, all of whom were musical, and was happy with his old wife, though they often quarreled and spent whole days sitting around in a huff, trying to remember what they were angry about.

From Literature

Related Words

• annoyed
• furious
• heated
• incensed
• irate
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• mad
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• resentful
• scornful