take huff
To take offence.
He is as proud as Lucifer , he is always taking huff about one thing or the other.
huff
/hʌf/
verb 5name 5noun 4
Collocations
5(noun.)
VERB + HUFF
get in, go into
go off in, march off in, storm off in, walk off in
He marched off in a huff when nobody laughed at his joke.
PREP
in a ~
She walked out of the meeting in a huff after nobody listened to her ideas.
~ at
He walked out in a huff at the criticism from his manager.
~ over
My brother went into a huff over not being invited to the party.
Definitions
noun
1
A heavy breath; a grunt or sigh.
With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
2
A condition of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.
in a huff
Such wickedness had never come into his head; but he had a certain pleasure in being the confidential friend of a very pretty woman; and when he heard that that pretty woman's husband was jealous, the pleasure was enhanced rather than otherwise. On that Sunday, as he had left the house in Curzon Street, he had told Stanbury that Trevelyan [the husband] had just gone off in a huff, which was true enough, and he had walked from thence down Clarges Street, and across Piccadilly to St. James's Street, with a jauntier step than usual, because he was aware that he himself had been the occasion of that trouble.
3
One swelled with a false sense of importance or value; a boaster.
Lewd, shallow-brained huffs make atheism and contempt of religion the sole badge [...] of wit.
4
The act of removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece (often signalled by blowing on it).
verb
1
To breathe heavily.
The run left him huffing and puffing.
2
To say in a huffy manner.
3
To enlarge; to swell up.
Bread huffs.
4
To bluster or swell with anger, arrogance, or pride; to storm; to take offense.
This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
After all, she huffed, Emily (played by Lily Collins) has been living in the French capital for about a year and had a Champagne brand as her client at the fictional luxury marketing firm, Savoir, where she worked.
5
To treat with arrogance and insolence; to chide or rebuke rudely; to bully, to hector.
[…] I was ſent for by the marſhall, huffed and hectored ſtrangely, thretned, &c., in fine, muſte give bonds to the good behaviour; I refuſed, […]
You must not think to huff us.
name
1
A surname.
2
A number of places in the United States:
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5
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Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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With a huff, he lifted the box onto the back of the truck.
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in a huff
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Such wickedness had never come into his head; but he had a certain pleasure in being the confidential friend of a very pretty woman; and when he heard that that pretty woman's husband was jealous, the
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The run left him huffing and puffing.
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Bread huffs.
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This senseless arrogant conceit of theirs made them huff at the doctrine of repentance.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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In some senses, huff is marked as figuratively, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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