- puffy
- adjective
the doctor said his eyes were puffy because of allergies
Syn:swollen, puffed up, distended, enlarged, inflated, dilated, bloated, engorged, bulging, tumid, tumescent
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PUFFY — AmiYumi PUFFY (Puffy AmiYumi) Puffy AmiYumi à Japan Expo 2009 Pays d’origine … Wikipédia en Français
Puffy — can refer to one of the following:* Puffy or Puffy AmiYumi (as they are known in the United States), a Japanese J Pop duo ** Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, animation series about fictional adventures of Puffy AmiYumi ** , 1999 PlayStation game featuring… … Wikipedia
Puffy — Puff y, a. 1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. A very stout, puffy man. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
puffy — ► ADJECTIVE (puffier, puffiest) 1) softly rounded: puffy clouds. 2) (of a part of the body) swollen and soft. DERIVATIVES puffiness noun … English terms dictionary
puffy — index inflated (enlarged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
puffy — 1610s, of wind, gusty, from PUFF (Cf. puff) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Of other things, swollen, from 1660s. Earliest attested use is figurative, bombastic (1590s) … Etymology dictionary
puffy — [adj] swollen billowy, bloated, blown, bulgy, distended, distent, enlarged, expanded, full, increased, inflamed, inflated, puffed up; concept 485 Ant. flat, tight, unswollen … New thesaurus
puffy — [puf′ē] adj. puffier, puffiest 1. blowing or coming in puffs 2. panting; short winded 3. puffed up; swollen; inflated 4. fat; obese puffily adv. puffiness n … English World dictionary
Puffy — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Puffy (homonymie). Puffy est la mascotte du système d exploitation libre OpenBSD. C est un poisson globe ou fugu connu pour contenir une toxine mortelle, la tétrodotoxine, qui est employé pour signifier l… … Wikipédia en Français
puffy — [[t]pʌ̱fi[/t]] puffier 1) ADJ GRADED If a part of someone s body, especially their face, is puffy, it has a round, swollen appearance. Her cheeks were puffy with crying. ...dark ringed puffy eyes. Syn: swollen Derived words: puffiness N UNCOUNT… … English dictionary
puffy — UK [ˈpʌfɪ] / US adjective Word forms puffy : adjective puffy comparative puffier superlative puffiest 1) a part of your body that is puffy is slightly swollen 2) big, round, and light puffy clouds Derived word: puffiness noun uncountable … English dictionary
