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Meaning of puffed up | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

Definitions

Inflated.
Proud, presumptuous.
figuratively

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.

See also

puffier puffiest puffingly puffless puffy pug-nosed