puffy

Adjective
Synonyms: bouffantintumescenttumescenttumidturgidgusty

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing“a bouffant skirt”Synonyms: bouffant
  2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas“hungry children with bloated stomachs”“he had a grossly distended stomach”“eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”“swollen hands”“tumescent tissue”“puffy tumid flesh”Synonyms: intumescenttumescenttumidturgid
  3. blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts“puffy off-shore winds”“gusty winds ”Synonyms: gusty
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Puffy \Puff"y\, a.

1.Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. " A very stout, puffy man." --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]

2.Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style. [1913 Webster]

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