miff
/mɪf/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Well, to cut a long story short, by-long and by-late, John Wildway and I had a miff and parted; and lo and behold, the coming man came!"
- "She's taken a miff at something, I suppose, and means to cut my acquaintance."
- "he [our Interpreter Shabonah] will not agree to work let our Situation be what it may nor Stand a guard, and if miffed with any man he wishes to return when he pleases"
- "1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet […] answered my Thetis, a little miffed perhaps -- to use the women's phrase — that I turned the conversation upon my former partner, rather than addressed it to herself."
- "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."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /mɪf/
- British English: /mɪf/