Synonyms for Puffing up:

• n.

  •recognition (noun)
  • esteem,
  • honor,
  • Strokes,
  • regard,
  • renown,
  • salute,
  • acknowledgment,
  • acceptance,
  • plum,
  • approval,
  • puff,
  • gratitude,
  • attention,
  • rave,
  • credit,
  • notice,
  • greeting.

• v.

  •acclaim (verb)
  • compliment,
  • push,
  • puff up,
  • exalt,
  • eulogize,
  • hail,
  • celebrate,
  • root,
  • laud,
  • praise,
  • boost,
  • applaud,
  • extol,
  • give a posy,
  • recommend,
  • approve,
  • cheer,
  • give kudos,
  • hand it to,
  • clap,
  • commend,
  • blow horn,
  • stroke,
  • hear it for,
  • give a bouquet.
  •billow (verb)
  • heave,
  • rise up,
  • ebb and flow,
  • undulate,
  • wave,
  • rise and fall,
  • belly,
  • balloon,
  • roll,
  • bloat,
  • swell,
  • pitch,
  • bounce,
  • toss,
  • bulge,
  • rock,
  • ripple.
  •bloat (verb)
  • billow,
  • distend,
  • inflate,
  • bilge,
  • expand,
  • enlarge,
  • dilate.
  •blow up (verb)
  • fill,
  • pump up.
  •commend (verb)
  • countenance,
  • endorse,
  • kudize,
  • advocate,
  • pat on the back,
  • gold star,
  • hats off to,
  • build,
  • speak highly of,
  • sanction,
  • build up,
  • support.
  •compliment (verb)
  • congratulate,
  • butter up,
  • trade last,
  • felicitate,
  • please,
  • adulate,
  • pay tribute to,
  • worship,
  • toast,
  • soothe,
  • make much of,
  • ingratiate oneself with,
  • satisfy,
  • wish joy to,
  • take off hat to,
  • Panegyrize,
  • commemorate,
  • pay respects,
  • glorify,
  • give bouquet,
  • magnify,
  • sing praises of,
  • fawn upon,
  • cajole,
  • charm,
  • roose.
  •expand (verb)
  • fill out,
  • burgeon,
  • pyramid,
  • heighten,
  • tack on,
  • diffuse,
  • widen,
  • pad,
  • unroll,
  • blow up,
  • wax,
  • aggrandize,
  • slap on,
  • open out,
  • outspread,
  • broaden,
  • unravel,
  • grow,
  • mushroom,
  • protract,
  • increase,
  • multiply,
  • soup up,
  • develop,
  • unfold,
  • piggyback,
  • fatten,
  • open,
  • beef up,
  • lengthen,
  • bolster,
  • bulk up,
  • stretch out,
  • stretch,
  • hike,
  • mount,
  • spread,
  • unfurl,
  • upsurge,
  • detail,
  • embellish,
  • elaborate,
  • fan out,
  • spread out,
  • thicken,
  • explicate,
  • amplify,
  • prolong.
  •extol (verb)
  • cry up,
  • hymn,
  • givea bouquet,
  • brag about,
  • bless,
  • give a boost to.
  •fill (verb)
  • gorge,
  • pack,
  • close,
  • top,
  • crowd,
  • load,
  • overflow,
  • bulge out,
  • satiate,
  • cram,
  • permeate,
  • pack like sardines,
  • pervade,
  • meet,
  • stuff,
  • heap,
  • stopper,
  • supply,
  • brim over,
  • take up,
  • furnish,
  • lade,
  • stock,
  • choke,
  • replenish,
  • saturate,
  • fulfill,
  • overspread,
  • clog,
  • shoal,
  • glut,
  • charge,
  • impregnate,
  • ram in,
  • block,
  • ram,
  • sate,
  • jam-pack,
  • store,
  • top off,
  • congest,
  • plug.
  •inflate (verb)
  • exaggerate,
  • maximize,
  • aerate,
  • escalate,
  • surcharge,
  • overestimate,
  • swell up,
  • augment,
  • raise,
  • flesh out.
  •magnify (verb)
  • enhance,
  • fudge,
  • overstate,
  • overdraw,
  • embroider,
  • overrate,
  • aggravate,
  • dramatize,
  • overemphasize,
  • overcharge,
  • overdo,
  • color,
  • overstress,
  • overplay,
  • make mountain of molehill.
  •pride (verb)
  • swagger,
  • boast,
  • brag,
  • hold head high,
  • strut,
  • revel in,
  • crow,
  • vaunt,
  • preen,
  • be proud,
  • prance,
  • glory in,
  • pique,
  • overbear,
  • gasconade,
  • presume,
  • exult,
  • plume,
  • flatter oneself.
  •swell (verb)
  • uprise,
  • add to,
  • blister,
  • become swollen,
  • tumefy,
  • be inflated,
  • extend,
  • well up,
  • round out,
  • become distended,
  • rise,
  • grow larger,
  • pout,
  • pouch,
  • plump,
  • surge,
  • intensity,
  • protrude,
  • become bloated.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • ballyhoo,
  • heightening,
  • inflation,
  • amplification,
  • enlargement,
  • magnification,
  • burlesque,
  • hyperbole,
  • Huckstering,
  • superlative,
  • prodigality,
  • overemphasis,
  • expansion,
  • extravagance,
  • dilation,
  • overkill,
  • caricature,
  • stretching,
  • travesty,
  • exorbitance,
  • sensationalism,
  • grandiloquence,
  • enhancement.

Antonyms for Puffing up:

• n.

  • recognition
    disclaimer, dishonor, refusal, abuse, forgetfulness, ignorance, neglect, disapproval, ill repute, disregard, disbelief, disrespect.

• v.

  • acclaim
    criticize, blame, denounce, berate, censure, refuse, damn, condemn, vituperate, disapprove, dissuade, reproach, discourage.
  • billow
    shrink, stabilize.
  • bloat
    abridge, deflate, contract, lower, shrivel, compress, tighten, reduce, lessen.
  • blow up
    let go, ignore, be calm, let out.
  • commend
    rebuke, reject, reprimand, prevent, deny, decrease, keep, oppose.
  • compliment
    depress, displease, slander, insult, debase, shame, anger, complain, libel, forget, humiliate, castigate, upset, repel, worry.
  • expand
    fall, hinder, withhold, stop, tangle, thin, close, abbreviate, restrict, curtail, shorten, halt, diminish, simplify, end, narrow, hide.
  • fill
    empty, diet, abstain, release, void, deprive, use, use up, miss, exhaust, spend, fast, Unstop, take, dissatisfy, waste, deplete, open, drain, fail, unblock.
  • inflate
    weaken, play down, let air out.
  • magnify
    miniaturize.
  • pride
    humble, deprecate, be modest.
  • swell
    decline, condense, slump, drop, concentrate, lose.