puffiness

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noun

The state or quality of being puffy.

“The puffiness under her eyes made her look older than she really was.”

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swellinglumpostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesssplashiness
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Meanings

nounpuffiness (countable and uncountable, plural puffinesses)

plural puffinesses

  1. countableuncountableThe state or quality of being puffy.

    The puffiness under her eyes made her look older than she really was.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

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swellinglump
Broader
enlargementsymptom

nounlack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

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ostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesssplashinessinflation
Broader
inelegance
Also see
inflationlumpostentationostentatiousnesspompositypompousnesspretentiousnesssplashinessswelling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From puffy + -ness.

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Cite this entry
APA

puffiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puffiness

MLA

“puffiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puffiness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “puffiness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puffiness.

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