puffed up

puff up

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [puhf uhp]
- /pʌf ʌp/
- /pʌf ʌp/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [puhf uhp]
- /pʌf ʌp/

Definitions of puffed up words

adjective puffed up swollen 1
adjective puffed up self-important 1
adjective puffed up 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. 0
adjective puffed up 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 0

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Parts of speech for Puffed up

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Puffed up

puffed up popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.