puffed up
1puffed up — adj [not before noun] behaving in a way that shows you are too pleased with yourself and your achievements used to show disapproval ▪ I was so puffed up with my own importance in those days …
2puffed — [pʌft] adj [not before noun] BrE informal breathing quickly because you have been using a lot of energy ▪ I m too puffed to dance any more …
3puffed — UK [pʌft] / US or puffed out UK / US adjective breathing very quickly because you have been running, jumping etc …
4puffed-up — (pŭftʹŭpʹ) adj. Displaying exaggerated dignity or self importance; pompous. * * * …
5puffed — index inflated (enlarged) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6puffed up — index inflated (enlarged), proud (conceited), supercilious, turgid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7puffed up — [ ,pʌft ʌp ] adjective 1. ) behaving as though you are especially good in some way, and people should admire you 2. ) PUFFY …
8puffed up — 1. Swollen 2. Inflated with pride, presumption, or the like • • • Main Entry: ↑puff …
9puffed — [[t]pʌ̱ft[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ If a part of your body is puffed or puffed up, it is swollen because of an injury or because you are unwell. His face was a little puffed... His mouth was all puffed up where he had taken a rifle butt. Syn …
10puffed up — ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ with n (disapproval) If you describe someone as puffed up, you disapprove of them because they are very proud of themselves and think that they are very important. → See also puffed He was too puffed up with his own importance …
