huffish

adjective

huff·​ish ˈhə-fish 

: arrogant, sulky

Synonyms

• arrogant
• assumptive
• bumptious
• cavalier
• chesty
• haughty
• high-and-mighty
• high-handed
• high-hat
• highfalutin
• hifalutin
• huffy
• imperious
• important
• lofty
• lordly
• masterful
• overweening
• peremptory
• pompous
• presuming
• presumptuous
• pretentious
• self-asserting
• self-assertive
• sniffy
• stiff-necked
• supercilious
• superior
• toplofty
• toploftical
• uppish
• uppity

Examples of huffish in a Sentence

huffish wealthy people who expected to receive top priority in the ship's dining room

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1755, in the meaning defined above