Thesaurus / puffed-up
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So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSOne or two ran away and presently returned, followed by a lady Loon wearing huge, puffed-up rubber skirts.
THE TIN WOODMAN OF OZL. FRANK BAUMOne of these did not look like a ship at all, but like a low black box, from which the smoke puffed up in a thick cloud.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUSMr. Sewer Rat puffed up his cheeks and gnashed his long, white teeth angrily.
BUMPER, THE WHITE RABBITGEORGE ETHELBERT WALSHHe was so puffed up by these exploits that he wasn't a bit afraid of what might happen to him on the river.
BUMPER, THE WHITE RABBITGEORGE ETHELBERT WALSHBumper could not feel other than puffed up by such remarks, but he tried to hide it from his new friends.
BUMPER, THE WHITE RABBITGEORGE ETHELBERT WALSHIt prevents us from being vain and from being puffed up with the wicked opinion of our own work-righteousness.
COMMENTARY ON THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANSMARTIN LUTHERThe man who is insincere enough to be puffed up by it is not far from judgment.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANSJAMES DENNEYI really know something which has escaped the acuteness of Aunt Naomi, and I feel greatly puffed up in consequence.
THE DIARY OF A SAINTARLO BATESBut he was careful to add, lest I should be puffed up, this was not sufficient to establish editorial reputation.
THE STRAND MAGAZINE, VOLUME V, ISSUE 28, APRIL 1893VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO PUFFED-UP
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