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puffy

(pʌfi)
Word forms: comparative puffier, superlative puffiest
1. adjective
If a part of someone's body, especially their face, is puffy, it has a round, swollen appearance.
Her cheeks were puffy with crying.
...dark-ringed puffy eyes.
Synonyms: swollen, enlarged, inflated, inflamed More Synonyms of puffy
puffiness uncountable noun
He noticed some slight puffiness beneath her eyes.
2. graded adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a cloud as puffy, you mean that it looks like a large ball of white cotton wool. Puffy clouds appear during fine weather.
[literary]
The sea was blue, and white puffy clouds sailed by.

puffy in British English

(ˈpʌfɪ)
adjectiveWord forms: puffier or puffiest
1. 
short of breath
2. 
swollen or bloated
a puffy face
3. 
pompous or conceited
4. 
blowing in gusts
Derived forms
puffily (ˈpuffily)
adverb
puffiness (ˈpuffiness)
noun

puffy in American English

(ˈpʌfi)
adjectiveWord forms: ˈpuffier or ˈpuffiest
1. 
blowing or coming in puffs
2. 
panting; short-winded
3. 
puffed up; swollen; inflated
4. 
fat; obese
Derived forms
puffily (ˈpuffily)
adverb
puffiness (ˈpuffiness)
noun

Examples of 'puffy' in a sentence
puffy

They then dab on red powder so eyes look puffy and red.
The Sun (2015)
Our eyes can also get red and puffy when we well up.
The Sun (2008)
Her eyes were all red and puffy.
The Sun (2009)
But if you overdo it you can end up looking puffy.
The Sun (2015)
His ankles and face looked puffy and swollen but there was no sign of sunburn or skin blistering.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And this puffy rubber ring look?
The Sun (2008)
Return for a further 10 minutes until puffy and golden.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
They also explained his puffy face was down to an addiction to Botox.
The Sun (2014)
The blue skies and small puffy clouds seen across Britain this week are disappearing.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Paint with egg wash and bake for 25 min or until puffy and golden.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
She used no make-up on her puffy face.
Aldiss, Brian Somewhere East of Life (1994)
Fry for less than a minute, until the batter is puffy and golden.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
She began to vomit; her face became puffy.
Christianity Today (2000)
When you go below, your fingers swell and your palms get red and puffy.
Oxenhorn, Harvey Tuning the Rig: A Journey to the Arctic (1990)
Bake for 30 minutes or until the pastry is puffy and golden.
The Sun (2012)
Bake for 15 minutes until puffy and golden.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
His features looked much softer, his face slightly puffy and swollen.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
She looks shocked, puffy and dazed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Typically, the ground grows warm enough to launch a big bubble of warm air that turns into a puffy cloud and rains.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The first thing I noticed about him were his red puffy cheeks.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
For a golden, puffy omelette, finish under the grill.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
He's holding a pair of white trainers with the initials DB printed and puffy on the red soles.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It seemed that he was staring out across the Sound at the mountains, whose white peaks were now lost into layers of puffy white clouds.
Zindell, David The Broken God (1993)
(adjective) 
Her cheeks were puffy with crying.
Synonyms
swollen
My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see.
enlarged
inflated
They had an inflated idea of how good they were.
inflamed
Her eyes were sore and inflamed.
bloated
His face was bloated.
puffed up
distended
an infant with a distended belly

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bloated
His face was bloated.
Synonyms
puffed up,
swollen,
blown-up,
enlarged,
inflated,
puffy,
dilated,
distended,
turgid,
tumescent,
tumid
in the sense of distended
an infant with a distended belly
Synonyms
swollen,
stretched,
expanded,
enlarged,
inflated,
bloated,
puffy,
dilated,
tumescent
in the sense of inflamed
Her eyes were sore and inflamed.
Synonyms
swollen,
sore,
red,
hot,
angry,
infected,
fevered,
festering,
chafing,
septic

Nearby words of
puffy

  • puffed
  • puffed up
  • puffin
  • puffy
  • pugilism
  • pugilist
  • pugnacious

Synonyms of 'puffy'

puffy

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of inflated
They had an inflated idea of how good they were.
Synonyms
exaggerated,
excessive,
swollen,
amplified,
hyped,
exalted (informal),
overblown
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