Definition of PUFFED

puffed

Verb

  • smoke and exhale strongly
  • suck in or take (air)
  • breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted
  • make proud or conceited
    • "The sudden fame puffed her ego"
  • praise extravagantly
    • "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
  • speak in a blustering or scornful manner
  • to swell or cause to enlarge,
    • "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
    • "puffed out chests"
  • blow hard and loudly
    • "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
  • simple past and past participle of puff

Adjective Satellite

  • gathered for protruding fullness

Adj

  • Inflated or swollen.
  • Consisting of a puff.
  • Gathered up into rounded ridges.
  • Expanded by the use of steam.
  • Synonym of puffed out (panting from exercise)

Examples

  • The dress had puffed sleeves.

Origin / Etymology

From puff + -ed.

Synonyms

blow up, chuff, drag, draw, gasp, heave, huff, pant, puff, puff out, puff up, whiff, puffed out

Scrabble Score: 15

puffed: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
puffed: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
puffed: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

puffed: valid Words With Friends Word