Dictionary Definition

miff n : a state of irritation or annoyance [syn: huff, seeing red] v : cause to be annoyed; "His behavior really miffed me"

User Contributed Dictionary

(Canada) /mɪf/

an argument, quarrel
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
  
  nay, she would throw it in the teeth of Allworthy himself, when a little quarrel, or miff, as it is vulgarly called, arose between them.
- 1872, Thomas Hardy, Under the Greenwood Tree
  
  John Wildway and I had a miff and parted;...
a state of being offended
- 1851, T. S. Arthur, Off-Hand Sketches
  
  She's taken a miff at something, I suppose, and means to cut my acquaintance.

an argument, quarrel

a state of being offended

In the context of "transitive|usually used in the passive": to offend slightly
- 1824, Sir Walter Scott, Redgauntlet
  
  ... 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.
- 1911, James Oliver Curwood, Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police
  
  "Don't get miffed about it, man," returned Nome with an irritating laugh.
to become slightly offended
- 1905, George Barr McCutcheon, Jane Cable
  
  She miffed and started to reply, but thought better of it.

to offend slightly

to become slightly offended