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Defenition of the word puff up

    • 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

      • blow up
      • puff
      • puff out
      • swell

    Hypernyms for the word puff up

      • act
      • amplify
      • behave
      • blow up
      • distend
      • do
      • expand
      • inflate
      • intumesce
      • praise
      • swell
      • swell up
      • tumefy
      • tumesce

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