puffy

adjective

ˈpə-fē

puffier; puffiest

Synonyms of puffy next

: swollen in size : bloated

puffy lips

… Hagrid gazed at him for a moment through his puffy, blackened eyes, apparently taken aback.—

J. K. Rowling

… who was … blind drunk, her voice slurry and her face puffy.—

Edna O'Brien

also : chubby

Fatty Hicks, the shrill and puffy son of Nat, flapped his hand at the beautiful stranger … —

Sinclair Lewis

: having a puffed up form or appearance : soft, light, and fluffy

puffy white clouds

a puffy bun

puffy hair

It is very difficult to shake hands when you're wearing ski mittens. They're so puffy and fat it's like shaking hands with giant marshmallows.—

Ann M. Martin

Not far away is a Georgian bakery where we found long, puffy loaves of wonderfully crisp bread.—

Jeffrey Steingarten

: blowing in puffs : gusty

a strong, puffy wind

: characterized by vanity or ostentation : pompous, showy

puffy rhetoric

All of my small, puffy pride at being the skipper of a tiny unit in a great nation victorious over the forces of evil seemed to blow away before the drunken racket of those three thousand men.—

Louis Auchincloss

puffiness

ˈpə-fē-nəs

noun

Symptoms include nausea and vomiting, muscle weakness, headache and disorientation, as well as bloating and puffiness in the face and fingers. —

Susan Gilbert

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Her head is bracketed by puffy, white noise-cancelling headphones. —

Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024 Beside him was Greg’s mother, her eyes red and puffy. —

John Blake, CNN, 3 Nov. 2024 Complete with a puffy pink dress and exaggerated makeup, her whimsical take on the show’s contestants was a crowd favorite. —

Kate Hogan, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024 When the tortellini float to the top and look puffy and pillowy, they’re fully cooked. —

Elizabeth Brownfield, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for puffy