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| Main Entry: |
puffed
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expanded |
| Synonyms: | bloated, distended, enlarged, inflated, swollen |
| Main Entry: | turgid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | swollen |
| Synonyms: | bloated, distended, inflated, puffy, tumescent, tumid |
| Notes: | turbid means 'unclear or murky' as in liquids; turgid means 'swollen or distended,' especially in relation to physical bodies |
| Main Entry: | tumid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bloated |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, distended, enlarged, inflated, overblown, pompous, protuberant, puffy, swollen, tumescent, turgid |
| Antonyms: | shrunken |
| Main Entry: | bloated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | swollen |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, distended, intumescent, pompous, stuffy, tumefied, turgid |
| Antonyms: | deflated, shrunken |
| Main Entry: | balloon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | billow out; bloat |
| Synonyms: | belly, blow up, bulge, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff out, swell |
| Main Entry: | bloat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up like a balloon |
| Synonyms: | balloon, belly, bilge, billow, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, inflate, puff up, swell |
| Antonyms: | deflate, shrink, shrivel, tighten |
| Main Entry: | blow up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inflate |
| Synonyms: | billow, bloat, distend, enlarge, expand, fill, inflate, puff up, pump up, swell |
| Antonyms: | deflate, let out, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | project outward |
| Synonyms: | bag, balloon, beetle, belly, bilge, billow, bloat, blob, bug out, dilate, distend, enlarge, expand, extrude, jut, overhang, poke, pop out, pouch, protrude, protuberate, puff out, sag, stand out, stick out, swell |
| Antonyms: | cave in, depress |
| Main Entry: | dilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, widen |
| Synonyms: | amplify, augment, be profuse, be prolix, broaden, develop, distend, enlarge, expand, expatiate, expound, extend, increase, inflate, lengthen, prolong, protract, puff out, spin off, swell |
| Antonyms: | compress, constrict, contract, lessen, reduce |
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