puffed-up

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Definition von puffed-up im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

puff up
To inflate with air

We puffed up the balloons.

puff up
To become proud. (Often written as puffed up with pride.)
puff up
To swell due to injury or illness

My hand puffed up where the cat had scratched me.

puffed up
To be proud

Since he was elected school prefect, he's become really puffed up.

puffed up
Simple past tense and past participle of puff up
puff up
If part of your body puffs up as a result of an injury or illness, it becomes swollen. Her body bloated and puffed up till pain seemed to burst out through her skin. see also puffed up = swell
puff up
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
puff up
become swollen; swell up; inflate
puff up
make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up"
puff up
make larger or distend; "The estimates were puffed up
puff up
praise extravagantly; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production"
puff up
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
puffed up
disapproval If you describe someone as puffed up, you disapprove of them because they are very proud of themselves and think that they are very important. He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him. see also puffed. behaving in a way that shows you are too pleased with yourself and your achievements - used to show disapproval