- miff
- I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1623 1. a fit of ill humor 2. a trivial quarrel II. transitive verb Date: 1811 to put into an ill humor ; offend
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MIFF — may refer to: *MIFF or Magick Image File Format, an image format used to store bitmap images platform independently *MIFF or Melbourne International Film Festival, showcases a diverse array of films from across the world since 1951 *MIFF or Maine … Wikipedia
miff|y — «MIHF ee», adjective, miff|i|er, miff|i|est. Informal. easily offended; touchy … Useful english dictionary
Miff — (m[i^]f), n. [Cf. Prov. G. muff sullenness, sulkiness, muffen to be silky, muff[ i]g sullen, pouting.] A petty falling out; a tiff; a quarrel; offense. Fielding. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Miff — Miff, v. t. To offend slightly. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
miff — index aggravate (annoy) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
miff — [v] annoy aggrieve, bother, displease, hurt, irk, irritate, nettle, offend, pester, pique, provoke, put out, resent, upset, vex; concepts 7,19 Ant. appease, mollify, please … New thesaurus
miff — [mif] Informal n. [prob. orig. cry of disgust] a trivial quarrel or fit of the sulks; tiff or huff vt., vi. to offend or take offense; put or be put out of humor … English World dictionary
Miff — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Miff (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on miff instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/miff … Wikipedia
miff — {{11}}miff (n.) 1620s, fit of ill humor, perhaps imitative of an exclamation of disgust (Cf. Ger. muffen to sulk ). {{12}}miff (v.) 1797, to take offense at; 1811, to put out of humor, from MIFF (Cf. miff) (n.). Related: MIFFED (Cf. miffed);… … Etymology dictionary
miff — 1. noun /mɪf/ a) A small argument, quarrel. nay, she would throw it in the teeth of Allworthy himself, when a little quarrel, or miff, as it is vulgarly called, arose between them. b) A state of being offended. John Wildway and I had a miff and… … Wiktionary
miff — displeasure, ill humour : He left me in a miff. North … A glossary of provincial and local words used in England
