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MIFF

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of irritation or annoyance

Synonyms:

huff; miff; seeing red

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("miff" is a kind of...):

annoyance; botheration; irritation; vexation (the psychological state of being irritated or annoyed)

Derivation:

miff (cause to be annoyed)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be annoyed

Example:

His behavior really miffed me

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "miff" is one way to...):

anger (make angry)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence examples:

Sam cannot miff Sue

The performance is likely to miff Sue

Derivation:

miff (a state of irritation or annoyance)

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