What is another word for puffy?
Pronunciation:
[ pˈʌfɪ], [ pˈʌfɪ], [ p_ˈʌ_f_ɪ]
Synonyms for Puffy:
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adj.
• billowy- bulgier ,
- rising and falling ,
- Undulating ,
- bouncing ,
- bouncy ,
- ebbing and flowing ,
- heaving ,
- puffy ,
- rippled ,
- rippling ,
- rising ,
- rolling ,
- swelling ,
- swirling ,
- waving ,
- wavy .
- boastful ,
- high and mighty ,
- lofty ,
- ostentatious ,
- overbearing ,
- presumptuous ,
- stuck-up ,
- swanky ,
- uppity .
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n.
• big- big .
Other synonyms:
- fat ,
- highfalutin ,
- hoity-toity ,
- puffed-up .
- grandiose .
Other relevant words:
- Blasty ,
- Distent ,
- Favonian ,
- Flabelliform ,
- Flawy ,
- Incrassate ,
- Intumescent ,
- Oedematous ,
- Patulous ,
- Tumefacient ,
- Tumefying ,
- abdominous ,
- adipose ,
- aeolian ,
- airish ,
- airy ,
- ample ,
- arrogant ,
- baggy ,
- beefy ,
- big-bellied ,
- billowy ,
- blown ,
- blowy ,
- blowzy ,
- blustering ,
- blusterous ,
- blustery ,
- bombastic ,
- boreal ,
- bosomy ,
- brawny ,
- breath ,
- breathing heavily ,
- breezy ,
- brisk ,
- bulbous ,
- bulging ,
- bulgy ,
- burly ,
- buxom ,
- chubby ,
- chunky ,
- conceited ,
- convex ,
- corpulent ,
- declamatory ,
- dilated ,
- downy ,
- drafty ,
- dropsical ,
- dumpy ,
- edematous ,
- effort ,
- egotistical ,
- empty ,
- enchymatous ,
- engorged ,
- enlarged ,
- enormous ,
- erect ,
- exaggerated ,
- expanded ,
- expansive ,
- fattish ,
- feathery ,
- flatulent ,
- fleshy ,
- flooding ,
- fluffy ,
- fresh ,
- full ,
- fully ,
- gassy ,
- gaunt ,
- generous ,
- globular ,
- grand ,
- grandiloquent ,
- great ,
- gross ,
- gusty ,
- haughty ,
- heavyset ,
- hefty ,
- high ,
- hippy ,
- huge ,
- hulking ,
- hulky ,
- hypertrophied ,
- immense ,
- important ,
- imposing ,
- increased ,
- inflamed ,
- inflated ,
- king-size ,
- laid on thick ,
- larger ,
- largest ,
- light ,
- lubberly ,
- lumpish ,
- lusty ,
- magisterial ,
- meaty ,
- narcissistic ,
- obese ,
- orotund ,
- outsized ,
- overflowing ,
- overgrown ,
- oversized ,
- overweight ,
- paunchy ,
- pause ,
- plethoric ,
- plump ,
- podgy ,
- pontifical ,
- portly ,
- potbellied ,
- protuberant ,
- proud ,
- pudgy ,
- puff ,
- puffed out ,
- pursy ,
- queer ,
- rhapsodic ,
- rhipidate ,
- roly-poly ,
- rotund ,
- round ,
- short-winded ,
- soft ,
- spanking ,
- squally ,
- square ,
- squat ,
- squatty ,
- stalwart ,
- stocky ,
- stormy ,
- stout ,
- strapping ,
- stuffy ,
- swelled ,
- thick-bodied ,
- thickset ,
- thumping ,
- thundering ,
- top-heavy ,
- tubby ,
- unwieldy ,
- vain ,
- varicose ,
- vast ,
- ventose ,
- walloping ,
- well-fed ,
- whacking ,
- whipped up ,
- whopping ,
- wide ,
- windy ,
- wispy .
- Acoustic Neuroma ,
- Thyroid Nodule ,
- adenoma hyperplastic nodules ,
- angioma ,
- angry ,
- aortic aneurysm ,
- atypical lipoma ,
- bouffant ,
- bump ,
- canker sore ,
- chondroid chordoma ,
- craniopharyngioma ,
- edema ,
- enchondroma ,
- excrescence ,
- ganglion ,
- goitre ,
- granuloma ,
- growth ,
- haematoma ,
- inflammation ,
- inflammatory ,
- leiomyoma ,
- lump ,
- lymphoedema ,
- mastitis ,
- neoplasm ,
- neoplastic ,
- node ,
- nodule ,
- oedema ,
- pancreatic mass ,
- polycystic ,
- polyp ,
- protuberance ,
- sac ,
- stone ,
- tumour .
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How to use "Puffy" in context?
"puffy" is a word that most people have heard at one point or another. For some, the word may conjure up images of a Balloon Boy, while others may think of something more benign, like a pillow. But what is the word "puffy", and where did it come from?
The word "puffy" historically comes from the Old French word "pouf", which means "a soft and inflated object, typically a ball or billiard ball". The word likely passed into English through the French language, and was first recorded in the 14th century.
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