niffedadj.
/nɪft/, U.S. /nɪft/ Chiefly English regional (southern) and colloquial. Now rare.
Offended, put out; irritated.
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the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adjective]
wrothc950
disdainousc1430
indigned1490
wrath1535
disdainful1548
stomachate1575
indignant1590
dudgeon1592
snarling1593
grudgeful1596
stomached1603
offended1607
stomachful1610
injured1634
indign1652
resentful1656
disobliged1673
piqued1689
begrudging1693
sorea1694
huff1714
indignant1744
dudgeoned1796
miff1797
miffed1805
ear-sore1865
niffed1880
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 40/1 She's gone away niffed.
1893 D. Jordan Forest Tithes 99 Ye wunt feel niffed like when we meets ye, if we gives ye plenty o' elber-room, mister.
1906 E. Phillpotts Portreeve iii. xii. 310 Then—just because you'm niffed about something—you lift your hand to her to let out your bile.
1924 D. H. Lawrence & M. L. Skinner Boy in Bush viii. 119 At last Monica..was niffed. She thought him a muff.
1927 W. E. Collinson Contemp. Eng. 116 Anger is expressed by such phrases as these in ascending order of intensity: he was niffed or peeved, he got shirty or hairy, he got his rag out, [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1880