Pronunciations
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/ˈʌfɪʃ/
Adjective
grumpy, ill-tempered
Usage- nonce-word
- Examples
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And, as in uffish thought he stood, / The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, / Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, / And burbled as it came!
The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow.
More examples (1)
Its great Cham was Wells, whose highly readable prose flowed easily between the line-drawings of behemoths in the coal swamps and Neanderthal man looking uffish.