miffy
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Kratu gets very, very miffy if somebody does something before him, he suddenly gets this look, and I know there’s going to be trouble.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2020
She enjoyed the sounds of family—angry, miffy, joyful, and all else in between.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
Jest like a hornet's nest: shake a stick at ary one o' the group, an' they all come buzzin' round te'ble miffy in less 'n no time.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864 by Various
Well, says I, I'll tell you if you won't be miffy with me.
From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
There is a lovely variety of this species called V. g. variegata; in shape and habit it resembles the type though scarcely as vigorous, but not at all "miffy."
From Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by John Wood
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