Puffy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Swollen, as with air or some soft substance; puffed up; tumid; soft: as, a puffy tumor.
  • Tumid; turgid; bombastic: as, a puffy style.
  • Coming in puffs; characterized by puffs; gusty.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy.
  • adjective. Hence, inflated; bombastic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated
  • adjective. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
  • adjective. blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
  • adjective. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
  • Word Usage
    "I received one from the Bienias clan, my great aunt and uncle, from my old employer the RRRC, from my Grandmother Nedrebo's prayer group, my girlfriend and her roommate, my girlfriends family, and four of my guy friends in puffy vests."
    Equivalent
    big  large  stormy  unhealthy  
    Form
    foofy  poofy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Fluffy  buffy  fluffy  huffy  scruffy  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    baggy  bloated  bloodshot  chubby  fleshy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adipose  aeolian  airish  airy  arrogant  
    variant
    puffier  puffiest