to be upset or angry about something
behaving in a bad-tempered way because someone is upset
a fit of anger
slang for someone who is sulking about something
in an offended way
in a bad mood because someone has upset you
June was very upset because her mother would not buy her a new pair of shoes, so she stormed out of the room in a huff.
Alice is in a huff because her best friend promised to go out with her, but at the last minute she had to cancel.
My inability to make up my mind about where I want to go for supper has put my husband in a huff, I think that I will have to make a decision quickly, otherwise I will go hungry.
I am still in a huff because you forgot my birthday, I can’t believe you didn’t remember.
I am sorry that I am in a huff today, the coffee shop was out of my favourite tea this morning.
People who are in a huff about the Met Gala theme are being absurd.
My new boss is in a huff because everything is not done the way that he wanted. Even if his way is not correct.
After he was rude to her she left the party in a huff.
He left in a huff after the lady complained that his pasta was the worst that she had ever eaten.
Christians all in a huff about Thomas the Tank Engine, while real threat to children is ignored.
There is no origin for this idiom
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