Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive, usually)To offend slightly.

    1911, James Oliver Curwood, Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police "Don't get miffed about it, man," returned Nome with an irritating laugh.

    verstimmen, beleidigen

  2. (intransitive)To become slightly offended.

    1905, George Barr McCutcheon, Jane Cable She miffed and started to reply, but thought better of it.

    обижа́тьсяobižátʹsja

More definitions
  • cause to be annoyed

Examples

5 sentences
  1. I hope you're not too miffed.

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  2. Tom is a bit miffed that we didn't tell him the truth.

    Том трохи роздратований тим, що ми не розповіли йому правду.

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  3. I was miffed at her attitude.

    deIch war von ihrem Verhalten genervt.

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  4. I hope that you're not too miffed.

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  5. Andrew was quite right to be miffed that Anna hadn't waited for him – he had always waited for her in the past.

    deAndreas war – zu Recht – beleidigt, dass Anna nicht auf ihn gewartet hatte; denn er hatte bis dahin immer auf sie gewartet.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to become slightly offended:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to offend slightly:

Origin

Compare German muffeln (“grouse, grumble”) and similar German words with similar meanings

Compare German muffeln (“grouse, grumble”) and similar German words with similar meanings such as Muff, mupf, Muffel and Dutch moppen (“growl, grouse”). Probably related to mop (“grimace”).

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Forms

miffs, miffing, miffed, miffed
Base formmiff · to miff
3rd person singularmiffs
Present participlemiffing
Past simplemiffed
Past participlemiffed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theymiff
he, she, itmiffs

Past simpleLesson

all personsmiffed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave miffed
he, she, ithas miffed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill miff

See also

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