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
Etymology
Adjective
puffy (comparative puffier, superlative puffiest)
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
Source: Wiktionary
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
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
6 May 2025
HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
Do you know this game?
Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins