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puffiest |
Overview of adj puffy The adj puffy has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bouffant, puffy -- (being puffed out used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt") 2. bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh") 3. huffing, puffing, puffy -- (breathing heavily) Antonyms of adj puffy 3 senses of puffy Sense 1 bouffant, puffy INDIRECT (VIA large big) -> small little INDIRECT (VIA large big) -> small little Sense 2 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid INDIRECT (VIA unhealthy) -> healthy Sense 3 huffing, puffing, puffy INDIRECT (VIA breathing) -> breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal Similarity of adj puffy 3 senses of puffy Sense 1 bouffant, puffy => large (vs. small), big (vs. little) Sense 2 bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid => unhealthy (vs. healthy) Sense 3 huffing, puffing, puffy => breathing (vs. breathless), eupneic, eupnoeic Attributes of adj puffy Familiarity of adj puffy puffy used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj puffy puffy Overview of adj puffy The adj puffy has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bouffant, puffy -- (being puffed out used of hair style or clothing; "a bouffant skirt") 2. bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh") 3. huffing, puffing, puffy -- (breathing heavily)
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