PUFFY (puffier, puffiest)
Dictionary entry overview: What does puffy mean? • PUFFY (adjective)
The adjective PUFFY has 3 senses:
1. being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
3. blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
Familiarity information: PUFFY used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PUFFY (adjective)
Meaning:
Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
Synonyms:
bouffant; puffy
Context example:
a bouffant skirt
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Meaning:
Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Synonyms:
bloated; distended; intumescent; puffed; swollen; tumescent; turgid; tumid; puffy
Context examples:
hungry children with bloated stomachs / he had a grossly distended stomach / eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids / swollen hands / tumescent tissue / puffy tumid flesh
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Meaning:
Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
Synonyms:
gusty; puffy
Context examples:
puffy off-shore winds / gusty winds
Similar:
stormy ((especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion)
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