Hufflepuff traits: The best and worst Hufflepuff house traits in ‘Harry Potter’

Chances are if you’re a Hufflepuff, you’ve had more than enough patience to be able to sit on the sidelines and watch as we explored every other Hogwarts house in the Harry Potter lore. And, let’s be completely honest, when standing in the same spotlight as ever-popular houses such as Gryffindor and Slytherin, then it can be pretty easy to fade off into the background and lurk in the shadows. Of course, that’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of fantastic members of Hufflepuff out there — because trust me, they’ll let you feel their presence. 

But much like the other wizarding houses, the Hufflepuff House shares its own amount of positive and negative traits which are showcased throughout the variety of novels and movies. Of course, some members of Hufflepuff express these particular traits more than others, but the proof is still in the pudding. So, here are the best and worst traits shared by the members of Hufflepuff House, as far as our opinion goes.

The best

We’ll showcase our own loyalty and devotion to Hufflepuff House by sharing which traits are the most positive as displayed most often by its members.

Patience

Kicking things right off, it would be absolutely criminal to include a list of positive Hufflepuff traits without mentioning their divine patience. In order to perfect their craft and wizarding skills, Hufflepuffs are incredibly patient with their developmental growth and how fast they learn certain skills. Even in the face of adversity and troublesome obstacles, Hufflepuffs pride themselves on being tolerant of issues and people’s attitudes and instead choose to take a deep breath and relax before rushing to anger.

Hard workers

One of the biggest mistakes people make is believing that Hufflepuffs being hard workers means that they’re not intelligent or chock-full of wisdom. In reality, this is exactly the opposite, with Hufflepuff House members possessing arguably one of the most important traits in being hard-working. Rather than settling for anything, Hufflepuffs are dedicated as hard workers to strive and be the best version of themselves — even in the face of drama and hardship.

Humble

The Hogwarts house that shows the least amount of house pride is arguably Hufflepuff House. Rather than conjuring up excuses for particular behaviors and blaming bad attitudes on their respective house, members of Hufflepuff will accept their own personal flaws and remain humble and honest whenever they accomplish something huge. As a result, Hufflepuffs are never cocky and rarely gloat about their wins, instead championing for others to handle their losses in a better way.

Loyalty

It might sound completely cliché, but making friends with a Hufflepuff is pretty much a guarantee that you’ll have a friend for eternity. Often seeing the positive straits and strengths in most people, Hufflepuffs are extremely loyal to their friends and family and will typically stay by their side no matter what happens. In fact, Hufflepuff House proves this in the novels and movies when they choose to stay and battle at Hogwarts for Dumbledore’s Army. And if that doesn’t scream loyalty, then we don’t know what does.

The worst

Despite Hufflepuffs possessing plenty of positive traits, it wouldn’t exactly be fair if we also didn’t include their negative ones.

Pushovers

Whenever Hufflepuffs are threatened by a stronger house or forced to face a serious fear, it’s not even debatable that they are often considered as pushovers. Of course, this travels back to their positive traits of loyalty and humbleness, which unfortunately aid in their negative trait of doing anything for people. As to be expected, however, sometimes doing things for the wrong person will end up with a Hufflepuff getting hurt. With that, Hufflepuffs often forget to put themselves first and end up doing far too much for those who don’t deserve it.

Too trusting

One of the biggest mistakes Hufflepuffs can make is the way they trust too easily in others — sometimes even those closest to them. It comes as no major surprise, of course, seeing as Hufflepuffs are willing to do so much for others. And yet, it’s their naivety which makes them gullible and unfortunately not too difficult to manipulate. It’s definitely one of their worst traits, but it also reminds us why they deserve to be treasured and protected at all costs.

Fear of conflict

Ask anybody familiar with the Harry Potter lore and most will agree that Hufflepuff House does what it can as a whole to avoid conflict. Because of their kind nature and ability to trust others, Hufflepuffs typically wish to avoid conflict so as to not create lifelong enemies. As a result, whenever a Hufflepuff is hurt by an enemy or a loved one, they won’t necessarily speak up about it, but it’s usually written all over their body language.

Lack of self-confidence

Despite being good people at their core, Hufflepuffs are undoubtedly oblivious to this very fact — which effectively makes them lack a certain degree of self-confidence. While members of Slytherin House simply oozes self-confidence, members of Hufflepuff House are constantly striving for acceptance in others to make them feel good about themselves. Despite being kind, intelligent creatures, they often never see the good within themselves which makes us all typically adore them.