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Noun [English]

IPA: /mɪf/ [Canada, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miff.wav Forms: miffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{ncog|de|muffeln|t=grouse, grumble}} German muffeln (“grouse, grumble”), {{ncog|nl|moppen|t=growl, grouse}} Dutch moppen (“growl, grouse”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} miff (plural miffs)
  1. A small argument; a quarrel. Synonyms: tiff Translations (an argument, quarrel): спречкване (sprečkvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), disputo (Esperanto), kahnaus (Finnish), erimielisyys (Finnish), fâcherie [feminine] (French), Streit [masculine] (German), összezördülés (Hungarian), civakodás (Hungarian), размо́лвка (razmólvka) [feminine] (Russian), ссо́ра (ssóra) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-miff-en-noun-OV6vCiUa Disambiguation of 'an argument, quarrel': 95 5
  2. A state of being offended. Translations (a state of being offended): мусене (musene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ĉagreniĝo (Esperanto), Verstimmung [feminine] (German), оби́да (obída) [feminine] (Russian)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /mɪf/ [Canada, UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miff.wav Forms: miffs [present, singular, third-person], miffing [participle, present], miffed [participle, past], miffed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪf Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{ncog|de|muffeln|t=grouse, grumble}} German muffeln (“grouse, grumble”), {{ncog|nl|moppen|t=growl, grouse}} Dutch moppen (“growl, grouse”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} miff (third-person singular simple present miffs, present participle miffing, simple past and past participle miffed)
  1. (transitive, usually used in the passive) To offend slightly. Tags: transitive, usually Translations (to offend slightly): разсърдвам (razsǎrdvam) (Bulgarian), ofendre (Catalan), namíchnout [perfective] (Czech), nakrknout [perfective] (Czech), verontwaardigen (Dutch), ĉagreni (Esperanto), loukata (Finnish), fâcher (French), agraviar (Galician), verstimmen (German), beleidigen (German), offendere (Italian), amofinar (Portuguese), ofensar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-miff-en-verb-WOfQ08AA Disambiguation of 'to offend slightly': 79 21
  2. (intransitive) To become slightly offended. Tags: intransitive Translations (to become slightly offended): муся се (musja se) (Bulgarian), сърдя се (sǎrdja se) (Bulgarian), namíchnout se [perfective] (Czech), nakrknout se [perfective] (Czech), zich gekrenkt voelen (Dutch), ĉagreniĝi (Esperanto), loukkaantua (Finnish), להיעלב (lehe'alev) (Hebrew), amofinar-se (Portuguese), обижа́ться (obižátʹsja) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-miff-en-verb-4R6gE6gF Disambiguation of 'to become slightly offended': 20 80

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1805 March 12, Bernard DeVoto, editor, The journals of Lewis and Clark, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1953, Clark's journal, page 85:",
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          "word": "להיעלב"
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          "roman": "obižátʹsja",
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          "ref": "1872, [Thomas Hardy], “VIII. They Dance More Wildly”, in Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, volume I, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, part I, page 111:",
          "text": "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!",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sprečkvane",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "an argument, quarrel",
      "word": "kahnaus"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "an argument, quarrel",
      "word": "erimielisyys"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Streit"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "an argument, quarrel",
      "word": "összezördülés"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an argument, quarrel",
      "word": "civakodás"
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      "roman": "razmólvka",
      "sense": "an argument, quarrel",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "размо́лвка"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ssóra",
      "sense": "an argument, quarrel",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ссо́ра"
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      "sense": "a state of being offended",
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      "word": "оби́да"
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}

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    "Terms with German translations",
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          "ref": "1805 March 12, Bernard DeVoto, editor, The journals of Lewis and Clark, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1953, Clark's journal, page 85:",
          "text": "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",
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          "text": "1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet\n[…] 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."
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          "text": "1911, James Oliver Curwood, Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police\n\"Don't get miffed about it, man,\" returned Nome with an irritating laugh."
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        "(transitive, usually used in the passive) To offend slightly."
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          "text": "I amble on; yet, though I know not why, / So sad I am!—but should a friend and I / Grow cool and miff, O! I am very sad!",
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        "(intransitive) To become slightly offended."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razsǎrdvam",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "разсърдвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "ofendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "namíchnout"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nakrknout"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "verontwaardigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "ĉagreni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "loukata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "fâcher"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "agraviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "verstimmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "beleidigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "offendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "amofinar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to offend slightly",
      "word": "ofensar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "musja se",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "word": "муся се"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sǎrdja se",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "word": "сърдя се"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "namíchnout se"
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      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
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      "word": "nakrknout se"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "word": "zich gekrenkt voelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "word": "ĉagreniĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "word": "loukkaantua"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lehe'alev",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "word": "להיעלב"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "word": "amofinar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obižátʹsja",
      "sense": "to become slightly offended",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "обижа́ться"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miff"
}

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