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Meanings of huffish in English

Sullen or moody.

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        Examples for "sulky"
        1
        We hadn't gone five yards when Strike spoke, sounding winded and sulky.
        Speaking in Bones
        2
        I want to be icy, but I fear I appear only sulky.
        The White Queen
        3
        For a few minutes the sulky one performed on the flying rings.
        Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second...
        4
        Gone was the self-absorbed, sulky look that he had mostly worn before.
        The rebels of ireland: the dublin saga
        5
        She looked sulky but said, You're not the only detective in Chicago.
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        Usage of huffish in English
        1
        As I stood in huffish thought, Deborah came roaring over to me at full volume.
        Dexter in the Dark
        2
        Not a leathery rustle of wings, not a suggestion of offended disregard, not even an almost-syllable of huffish dismissal.
        Dexter is Delicious: A Novel
        3
        Umbo stayed inside the shrine for a while, then came out, acting a little huffish as he gathered up his few things.
        Pathfinder
        4
        Uncle is still being huffish and put upon with me (or with Lucia, when he confuses us-shetakes it in very good part).
        The Asylum
        5
        "Yes, I am," he said, still a little huffish.
        Dexter is Delicious: A Novel
        6
        "I shall be glad if I can be of any help to you," I answered, still a bit huffish, but bearing no malice.
        Widdershins
        Huffish through the time