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Synonyms of puffed
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Verb
1. puff, whiff, smoke
usage:
smoke and exhale strongly; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe"
2. puff, drag, draw, inhale, inspire, breathe in
usage:
suck in or take (air); "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette"
3. pant, puff, gasp, heave, blow
usage:
breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily"
4. puff, elate, lift up, uplift, pick up, intoxicate
usage:
make proud or conceited; "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
5. puff, puff up, praise
usage:
praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
6. puff, boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
usage:
speak in a blustering or scornful manner; "A puffing kind of man"
7. puff, puff up, blow up, puff out, swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
usage:
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
8. puff, huff, chuff, blow
usage:
blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
Adjective
1. puff, puffed, fancy (vs. plain)
usage:
gathered for protruding fullness; "puff sleeves"
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