Thesaurus / puff up
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synonyms for puff up
- undulate
- balloon
- belly
- bloat
- bounce
- bulge
- heave
- pitch
- ripple
- rock
- roll
- swell
- toss
- wave
- ebb and flow
- rise and fall
- rise up
- applaud
- approve
- compliment
- endorse
- extol
- hail
- laud
- acclaim
- accredit
- advocate
- boost
- build
- countenance
- eulogize
- sanction
- stroke
- support
- build up
- give a posy
- gold star
- hand it to
- hats off to
- hear it for
- kudize
- pat on the back
- speak highly of
- applaud
- cajole
- commend
- congratulate
- endorse
- extol
- laud
- acclaim
- adulate
- celebrate
- charm
- cheer
- commemorate
- eulogize
- exalt
- felicitate
- glorify
- hail
- honor
- magnify
- please
- recommend
- salute
- sanction
- satisfy
- soothe
- toast
- worship
- butter up
- fawn upon
- give bouquet
- hand it to
- ingratiate oneself with
- kudize
- make much of
- panegyrize
- pat on the back
- pay respects
- pay tribute to
- roose
- sing praises of
- speak highly of
- take off hat to
- trade last
- wish joy to
- bolster
- broaden
- develop
- enlarge
- grow
- increase
- open
- spread
- swell
- widen
- aggrandize
- amplify
- bloat
- burgeon
- detail
- diffuse
- dilate
- distend
- elaborate
- embellish
- explicate
- fatten
- heighten
- hike
- inflate
- lengthen
- magnify
- mount
- multiply
- mushroom
- pad
- piggyback
- prolong
- protract
- pyramid
- stretch
- thicken
- unfold
- unfurl
- unravel
- unroll
- wax
- beef up
- blow up
- bulk up
- fan out
- fill out
- open out
- outspread
- slap on
- soup up
- spread out
- stretch out
- tack on
- upsurge
- acclaim
- applaud
- celebrate
- commend
- eulogize
- exalt
- glorify
- laud
- praise
- bless
- boost
- hymn
- magnify
- push
- rave
- root
- stroke
- brag about
- cry up
- give a boost to
- give a bouquet
- hand it to
- hats off to
- hear it for
- make much of
- panegyrize
- pay tribute to
- block
- clog
- close
- cram
- crowd
- furnish
- lade
- load
- overflow
- pack
- permeate
- saturate
- store
- stuff
- supply
- swell
- top
- charge
- choke
- congest
- distend
- fulfill
- glut
- gorge
- heap
- impregnate
- inflate
- meet
- overspread
- pervade
- plug
- ram
- replenish
- sate
- satiate
- satisfy
- shoal
- stock
- stopper
- stretch
- blow up
- brim over
- bulge out
- jam-pack
- pack like sardines
- pump up
- ram in
- take up
- top off
- augment
- bloat
- boost
- enlarge
- escalate
- exaggerate
- expand
- magnify
- maximize
- overestimate
- pad
- widen
- aerate
- aggrandize
- amplify
- balloon
- cram
- dilate
- distend
- exalt
- pyramid
- raise
- spread
- stretch
- surcharge
- beef up
- build up
- flesh out
- pump up
- swell up
- aggravate
- enhance
- inflate
- overestimate
- overstate
- boost
- color
- dramatize
- embellish
- embroider
- fudge
- overcharge
- overdo
- overdraw
- overemphasize
- overplay
- overrate
- overstress
- pad
- pyramid
- blow up
- make mountain of molehill
- boast
- brag
- congratulate
- crow
- exult
- felicitate
- gasconade
- overbear
- pique
- prance
- preen
- presume
- strut
- swagger
- swell
- vaunt
- be proud
- flatter oneself
- glory in
- hold head high
- revel in
- congratulate
- boast
- brag
- crow
- exult
- felicitate
- gasconade
- overbear
- pique
- plume
- prance
- preen
- presume
- strut
- swagger
- swell
- vaunt
- be proud
- flatter oneself
- glory in
- hold head high
- revel in
- accumulate
- add to
- balloon
- bloat
- bulge
- enlarge
- expand
- fatten
- grow
- increase
- mount
- rise
- surge
- aggravate
- amplify
- augment
- belly
- billow
- blister
- dilate
- distend
- enhance
- extend
- heighten
- intensity
- plump
- pouch
- pout
- protrude
- puff
- tumefy
- uprise
- become bloated
- become distended
- become swollen
- be inflated
- fill out
- grow larger
- round out
- well up
antonyms for puff up
MOST RELEVANT
- blame
- censure
- criticize
- disapprove
- oppose
- reject
- decrease
- deny
- discourage
- prevent
- refuse
- keep
- rebuke
- reprimand
- blame
- censure
- criticize
- disapprove
- repel
- anger
- castigate
- condemn
- debase
- denounce
- depress
- discourage
- dishonor
- displease
- disrespect
- dissuade
- forget
- humiliate
- neglect
- refuse
- shame
- upset
- worry
- complain
- insult
- libel
- slander
- close
- compress
- decrease
- diminish
- end
- halt
- hide
- hinder
- lessen
- narrow
- reduce
- restrict
- shrink
- stop
- abbreviate
- contract
- curtail
- deflate
- fall
- lower
- shorten
- shrivel
- simplify
- tangle
- thin
- withhold
- abridge
- open
- release
- unblock
- unstop
- abstain
- compress
- contract
- deflate
- deplete
- deprive
- diet
- dissatisfy
- fail
- fast
- miss
- shrink
- use up
- waste
- drain
- empty
- exhaust
- spend
- take
- use
- void
- abridge
- decrease
- diminish
- lessen
- lower
- play down
- reduce
- shrink
- weaken
- compress
- contract
- debase
- depress
- deflate
- let air out
- abridge
- decline
- decrease
- diminish
- drop
- fall
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- reduce
- shrink
- slump
- compress
- condense
- contract
- curtail
- shorten
- concentrate
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How to use puff up in a sentence
What need to look to right or left when you are swallowing up free mile after mile of dizzying road?
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNESome weeks after, the creditor chanced to be in Boston, and in walking up Tremont street, encountered his enterprising friend.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSIn less than ten minutes, the bivouac was broken up, and our little army on the march.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I was busy loading the piece when an exclamation of surprise from one of the men made me look up.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSEven as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNEShe sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXA flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYWhen we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRWORDS RELATED TO PUFF UP
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