Defenition of the word puff up
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Defenition of the word puff up
- praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Brodaway production"
- to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
- make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
- praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
- to swell or cause to enlarge,
- make larger or distend
- praise extravagantly
- become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
Synonyms for the word puff up
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- blow up
- puff
- puff out
- swell
Hypernyms for the word puff up
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- act
- amplify
- behave
- blow up
- distend
- do
- expand
- inflate
- intumesce
- praise
- swell
- swell up
- tumefy
- tumesce
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