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PUFFY
gusty, puffy
(adjective) blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; “puffy off-shore winds”; “gusty winds”
puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid
(adjective) 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”
bouffant, puffy
(adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; “a bouffant skirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
puffier
comparative form of puffy
Source: Wiktionary
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.
2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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