puff up

as ininflate
as inmagnify
as inpride
as inswell
as inacclaim
as inbillow
as inbloat
as inblow up
as inplume
as incommend
as incompliment
as inexpand
as inextol
as infill

Synonyms for puff up

verb blow up, increase

Antonyms for puff up

Word Origin & History

c.1200, perhaps Old English, puf, puffe "short, quick blast; act of puffing," from puff (v.). Meaning "type of light pastry" is recorded from late 14c.; that of "small pad for applying powder to skin or hair" is from 1650s. Figurative sense of "flattery, inflated praise" is first recorded 1732. Derogatory use for "homosexual male" is recorded by 1902.

Example Sentences for puff up

When they have been some time in it, they puff up like large vermicelli.

The yeast, &c., in the rusk will cause it to puff up very light.

They will puff up very light, and must be done of a bright brown.

I rather think that they'd stare if they should read some of the books that we puff up.

It should puff up like a cream cake, and have a thick crust.

When they blow, they puff up the water about three feet high.

Just before sending to the table, put in the oven for a few moments, until they puff up and brown at the ends.

The shapes are then baked in a hot oven, and during this process they puff up and become hollow in the center.

For instance, a hypodermic injection of paraffine will puff up the skin at the desired spot.

It did me good to see him so happy and I was inclined to puff up a bit at my own success in the ha'nting line.

puff up

Synonyms for puff up

Antonyms for puff up

billow

billowed

billowing

blew up

bloat

puff up

Synonyms for puff up

Antonyms for puff up

More words related to puff up

acclaim

billow

billowed

billowing

blew up

bloat