puffed

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/pʌft/

adjective

Inflated or swollen.

“The dress had puffed sleeves.”

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bulgingdistendedtumidbolnbulledextuberantfarcednodose
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Meanings

puffed1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of puff
adjectivepuffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)

comparative more puffed · superlative most puffed

  1. Inflated or swollen.

    Synonyms: bulging, distended, tumid, boln, bulging, bulled, distended, extuberant

  2. Gathered up into rounded ridges.

    The dress had puffed sleeves.

  3. Expanded by the use of steam.
  4. Consisting of a puff; exhaled or produced in puffs.

    the puffed smoke of a cigar

puffed2

adjectivepuffed (comparative more puffed, superlative most puffed)

comparative more puffed · superlative most puffed

  1. colloquialSynonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).

    Synonyms: puffed out

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveInflated or swollen.

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bulgingdistendedtumidbolnbulgingbulleddistendedextuberantfarcednodoseprotuberantswollentumidturgid

adjectiveSynonym of puffed out (“panting from exercise”).

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puffed out

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivegathered for protruding fullness

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pufffancy
Also see
blownbolnbulleddistendedextuberantfarcedprotuberantpuffpuffed outtumidturgid

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

puffed · verb, adjective

From puff + -ed.

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puffed · adjective

Shortened from puffed out.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with puffed

stuffedcuffedtuftcruftruffedchuffedhuffedruftdischuffedscalping tuftscuftunchuffed
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Anagrams

depuff
Cite this entry
APA

puffed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puffed

MLA

“puffed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puffed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puffed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puffed.

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