miff

1. (transitive, usually used in the passive) To offend slightly.Examples: "he [our Interpreter Shabonah] will not agree to work let our Situation be what it may nor Stand a guard, and if miffed with any man he wishes to return when he pleases"; "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."transitiveusually

2. (intransitive) To become slightly offended.Examples: "I amble on; yet, though I know not why, / So sad I am!—but should a friend and I / Grow cool and miff, O! I am very sad!"; "1905, George Barr McCutcheon, Jane Cable She miffed and started to reply, but thought better of it."intransitive