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2. center, center of activity, focal point, focus, point of convergence, middle; core, heart, navel, nucleus, backbone.
hubbub, n. uproar, din, brouhaha, clamor, blare, noise; racket, clatter, shivaree, charivari, Northeastern U.S. callithump; commotion, chaos, confusion, pandemonium, bedlam, upheaval, disorder; tumult, turmoil, turbulence, hullaballoo, Inf. bobbery; disturbance, agitation, stir, unrest, disquiet; excitement, pother, bustle, fuss, ado, Inf. to-do, Inf. foofarow, Inf. stew, SI. hoo-ha, SI. flap; melee, hurly-burly, fracas, rumpus, Inf. ruckus, Inf. shindy.
huckster, n. 1. hawker, peddler, cheap-jack, vendor, salesman; pitchman, barker, spieler, concessionaire; traveling salesman, door-to-door salesman, Fuller Brush man, colporteur; merchant, dealer, sutler; bargainer, higgler, haggler.
2. miser, niggard, skinflint, SI. skin, SI. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, SI. screw; penny pincher, pinchpenny, lickpenny, Inf. tightwad; cheeseparer, hoarder, save-all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Harpagon, money-grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks.
huddle, v. 1. gather, cluster, bunch up, crowd, throng, herd, pack, cram or jam together, squeeze up or in or together; surge, swarm, stream; converge, flock together, concentrate, mass; throw or toss together, heap, amass.
2. Often
huddle up curl up, crouch, nestle, snuggle, cuddle.
3. meet, confer, consult, discuss.
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4. group, crowd, throng, herd, pack; cluster, clump, bunch, mass, heap, imbroglio, pile, stack.
5. confusion, disorder, topsy-turvy, muddle, hugger-mugger, disarray; mess, tangle, jumble, jungle, wilderness.
6. meeting, conference, consultation, discussion.
hue1, n. color, chroma, tint, tinge, tinct, tincture;
tone, shade, cast; coloring, blush, flush.
hue2, n. outcry, cry, whoop, hoot, call; yell, shout, bellow, howl, yowl; clamor, yammer, uproar, hurly-burly, hullabaloo, racket, commotion, Babel.
huff, n. 1. temper, bad mood, ill humor, tiff, miff, snit, pet, fume, pique, Inf. stew. Archaic. pucker; burst or fit of anger, rage, passion.
-v. 2. anger, incense, raise [s.o.'s] ire or hackles, get [s.o.'s] back up, Inf. burn [s.o.] up, SI. tick or tee [s.o.] off; enrage, madden, infuriate, make [s.o.'s] blood boil, Inf. make [s.o.] see red; provoke, arouse, rouse, inflame, agitate.
3. vex, pique, annoy, irk, peeve, nettle, chafe, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf miff, Inf give [s.o.] a pain, Inf get under [s.o.'s] skin, SI. bug; exasperate, ruffle, roil, put out, get, SI. get [s.o.'s] goat.
4. bully, hector, heckle, badger, torment, harass, abuse, taunt, tease, bullyrag; intimidate, browbeat, cow, daunt, dismay; bluster at, storm at, rage at; ridicule, mock, jeer, gibe, disparage, slander; insult, affront, offend; snub, look down on; humiliate, mortify.
5. exhale, blow, puff.
huffish, adj. 1. irritable, out of sorts, snappish, snappy, curt, short, impatient; touchy, testy, thinskinned, waspish, peevish, petulant; cross, irascible, choleric, ill-tempered, ill-humored, splenetic; crabby, crabbed, cranky, grouchy, grumpy, cantankerous, crotchety, crusty; bitter, sour, caustic, churlish, surly.
2. swaggering, blustering, puffed up, haughty; proud, vain, arrogant, imperious; pompous, bombastic, high-flown, lofty; bold, brazen, brash, audacious, insolent, impudent, insulting, contumelious; contemptuous, disdainful, supercilious, scornful; bullying, hectoring, harassing, intimidating, browbeating,
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