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puff up

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

to swell or cause to enlarge, 'Her faced puffed up from the drugs'

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Senses

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make larger or distend

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praise extravagantly

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become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

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Variants

synonym
puffswell
pasttense
puffed up
presentparticiple
puffing up
thirdpersonsingular
puffs up
pastparticiple
puffed up