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View definitions for puffed up

puffed up

adjective as in overrated

adjective as in puffy

adjective as in self-satisfied

verb as in billow

verb as in bloat

verb as in blow up

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Example Sentences

Afterward, you can actually see her young career flash before her eyes as she makes a kind of puffed up blowfish face.

The winter air is rent with cries from thousands of puffed up lips, begging to be let in.

Some came wrapped in what looked like puffed up fabric worms, with hair just as knotted and twisted.

Neither author, for instance, subjected readers to puffed-up cartoon versions of themselves sporting a tricorn hat.

Gingrich, puffed up with righteousness, went on the offensive.

So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.

One or two ran away and presently returned, followed by a lady Loon wearing huge, puffed-up rubber skirts.

One of these did not look like a ship at all, but like a low black box, from which the smoke puffed up in a thick cloud.

Mr. Sewer Rat puffed up his cheeks and gnashed his long, white teeth angrily.

He was so puffed up by these exploits that he wasn't a bit afraid of what might happen to him on the river.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to puffed-up, such as: affected, bloated, boastful, bombastic, conceited, and flatulent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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