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puffed up

puffed up adjective: inflated. Also the simple past and past participle of puff up.

Adjective

puffed up (comparative more puffed up, superlative most puffed up)

  1. Inflated.
  2. (figuratively) Proud, presumptuous.
    • Since he was elected school prefect, he’s become really puffed up.
    • [T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth, […]1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii, signature L4, recto

Also used as

puffed up is also the simple past and past participle of puff up.

Forms of puffed up

comparativemore puffed up
superlativemost puffed up

Questions about puffed up

What does puffed up mean?
Puffed up means inflated.
What part of speech is puffed up?
Puffed up is an adjective.

Words near puffed up in the dictionary

  1. puffed grain
  2. puffed one's chest
  3. puffed out
  4. puffed rice
  5. puffed the magic dragon
  6. puffed up
  7. puffed wheat
  8. puffer
  9. puffer coat
  10. puffer jacket
  11. puffer jackets

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