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puffed¹

  • /pʌft/

Rhymes with -ʌft

Where it comes from

From puff + -ed.

verb

  1. participle, past simple past and past participle of puff

adjective more puffed · most puffed

  1. Inflated or swollen.

    Similar: bulging, distended, tumid, boln, bulled, extuberant, farced, nodose, puffed, protuberant, swollen, turgid

  2. Gathered up into rounded ridges. The dress had puffed sleeves.
  3. of cereals Expanded by the use of steam.
  4. Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs. the puffed smoke of a cigar

puffed²

  • /pʌft/

Rhymes with -ʌft

Where it comes from

Shortened from puffed out.

adjective more puffed · most puffed

  1. colloquial Synonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).

    Similar: puffed out

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@misc{puffed_2026,
  title = {puffed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/puffed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}