miff

noun

1. petulant displeasure; ill humor.
2. a petty quarrel.

verb (used with object)

3. to give minor offense to; offend.

verb

1. to take offence or offend

noun

2. a petulant mood
3. a petty quarrel

n.1620s, “fit of ill humor,” perhaps imitative of an exclamation of disgust (cf. German muffen “to sulk”). v.1797, “to take offense at;” 1811, “to put out of humor,” from miff (n.). Related: miffed; miffing.