puffiness
Plural: puffinesses
Noun
- an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
- lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- The state or quality of being puffy.
Examples
- The puffiness under her eyes made her look older than she really was.
Origin / Etymology
From puffy + -ness.
Synonyms
inflation, lump, ostentation, ostentatiousness, pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, splashiness, swelling
Scrabble Score: 17
puffiness: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordpuffiness: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
puffiness: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary