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Meaning of puffed up | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Inflated.
  2. Proud, presumptuous.
    figuratively

Equivalents

Suomi pörhöllä pörhölle pörröllä pörrölle pöyhöllä pöyhölle
Latina praetumidus
Polski napuszony

Examples

“Since he was elected school prefect, he’s become really puffed up.”
“[T]each thy Incubus to Poëtize, / And throvve abroad thy ſpurious Snotteries, / Vpon that puft-vp Lumpe of Barmy froth, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

puffier puffiest puffingly puffless puffy pug-nosed

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