puffy
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puffy
- /ˈpʌfi/
Rhymes with -ʌfi
adjective puffier · puffiest
- Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
- Coming or exhaling in puffs. puffy breath
- Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner. There has been much puffy stuff written about whether Lyell's uniformitarianism permitted variations in intensity of causes, or whether he applied his logic in a consistent way, and whether he assumed indefinite stretches of geological time.
- Having inflated cheeks.
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Closest in meaning: distended, bloated, swollen, tumescent, tumid, huffing, breathing, bouffant, big, large, unhealthy, inflated, volume, poofy, pillowy, pillowlike
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adj exaggeratedly eloquent speaking or writing
| Español | expresivo |
|---|---|
| Français | boursouflé |
| Русский | напы́щенный napýščennyj |
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