huffier
More easily offended
Huffier is the comparative form of huffy, meaning more easily offended or quicker to take offense.
Someone who is huffier than usual might be having a bad day: She's been huffier ever since the meeting didn't go her way.
The word suggests petulant irritability rather than genuine anger.
Easily provoked to annoyance
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
peevish · snappy · touchy · tetchy · cross · grouchy · snappish · cantankerous
Angered by unfairness
- affrontedInsulted or disrespected
- miffedMildly vexed
- peevedSlightly irritated
- resentfulFeeling lingering ill will
insulted · displeased · disgruntled · vexed · wounded · nettled · galled · aggrieved
Sullen in expression
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- poutingShowing petulant displeasure
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
glum · moping · withdrawn · frowning · scowling · tight-lipped · cold-shoulder · standoffish
Affectedly superior in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- high-and-mightyCondescendingly self-important
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
imperious · pompous · disdainful · supercilious · condescending · stuck-up · hoity-toity · uppity
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
petulant · peevish · snappy · touchy · tetchy · cross · grouchy · snappish · cantankerous · irascible
indignant
Angered by unfairness
resentful · insulted · displeased · disgruntled · vexed · wounded · nettled · galled · aggrieved · put-out
pouty
Sullen in expression
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- poutingShowing petulant displeasure
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
morose · glum · moping · withdrawn · frowning · scowling · tight-lipped · cold-shoulder · standoffish · uncommunicative
snooty
Affectedly superior in manner
- haughtyDisdainfully proud
- snobbishCondescending toward perceived inferiors
- high-and-mightyCondescendingly self-important
self-important · imperious · pompous · disdainful · supercilious · condescending · stuck-up · hoity-toity · uppity · lofty