huffish

adjective

ˈhə-fish How to pronounce huffish (audio)
Definition of huffishnext
as in arrogant
having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude huffish wealthy people who expected to receive top priority in the ship's dining room

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  1. arrogant
  2. superior
  3. cavalier
Adjective
  • Teamsters officials later complained that Harris, who would go on to lose all seven battleground states, was arrogant in her dealings with them.
    W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Russia, Iran, and many other countries criticize U.S. military interventions as arrogant, ignorant of local context, and unable to fashion either stable regimes or effective security structures.
    Alexander Baunov, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of arrogant
Adjective
  • The matter is far from trivial: Sovereignty would give a country access to potentially significant oil, gas and rare earth resources, as well as superior scientific and military access to the future Transpolar Sea Route.
    Scott L. Montgomery, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Those who wanted to hear music like this could put on superior offerings from Lady Gaga or Kesha.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of superior
Adjective
  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew A cavalier Jude Law as a space pirate meets four kids way too far from home, plus some secrets of the galaxy and the Old Republic.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Dec. 2024
  • In her opening statement, Johnson painted Baldwin, who starred in and produced the film, as cavalier with firearms and suggested that the cast and crew faced constraints, ramping up the risk of someone getting injured on set.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 10 July 2024
Definition of cavalier
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