Meaning & use
Huffed
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Breathed out noisily and heavily, typically in annoyance or exertion; said something in an irritated tone.
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"Fine, whatever," she huffed, storming out of the room.
He huffed up the steep hill, out of breath by the top.
A note on using this word
The idiom "huff and puff," describing visible irritation or exertion, comes from this same sense of "huff."
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