chuffedadj.
/tʃʌft/ slang (originally Military).
a. Pleased, satisfied.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective]
paidc1225
well-queemc1225
well-paidc1230
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well-contenta1438
well-contented1461
satisfied1477
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satisfied1566
sufficed1590
contented1597
undispleased1598
perfecta1616
complacential1658
in humour1673
beneplacit1678
comfortable1770
gratified1818
wishless1820
like a possum up a gum tree1840
chuffc1860
all right1882
gruntled1938
chuffed1957
1957 P. Wildeblood Main Chance ix. 163 Aren't you pleased? There's not many kids of your age what owns a factory. You ought to be dead chuffed about it.
1960 A. Waugh Foxglove Saga xii. 218 He was chuffed at this new monumental skive he had discovered.
1961 S. Price Just for Record iv. 29 My beard is black, all-black. That makes me pretty chuffed.
1967 Crescendo May 6 (advt.) I cannot express too much just how ‘chuffed’ I am with the drums.
b. Displeased, disgruntled.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective]
loatha1250
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ill-liking?a1400
sourc1450
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displeasant1485
discontentc1500
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misapaid1614
unrelished1620
injured1634
misliked1641
undelighted1667
uneasya1715
untickled1736
uncharmed1757
disagreeable?c1785
displacent1859
chuffed1960
1960 D. Storey This Sporting Life i. ii. 59 I felt pretty chuffed with myself.
1964 C. Dale Other People viii. 158 Don't let on they're after you, see, or she'll be dead chuffed, see? She don' like the law.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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