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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