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chuffed¹

  • /ˈtʃʌft/ UK

Rhymes with -ʌft

Where it comes from

From dialectal (northern England, not Scotland) chuff, originally meaning “puffed with fat”. First attested in 1957.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of chuff

adjective more chuffed · most chuffed

  1. Ireland, UK, informal Very pleased or satisfied; delighted. Then when Karen got him on her morning show he was chuffed as a haemophiliac with a foolproof razor

    Opposite: dischuffed, displeased

chuffed²

  • /ˈtʃʌft/ UK

Rhymes with -ʌft

Where it comes from

From chuff, "a coarse or stupid fellow".

adjective more chuffed · most chuffed

  1. Ireland, UK, dialectal Displeased; gruff.

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adj very pleased or satisfied

Françaisravi
Deutscherfreut, zufrieden
Русскийдово́льный dovólʹnyj

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@misc{chuffed_2026,
  title = {chuffed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chuffed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}