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I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.
Dario Fo

Meaning of "puffed up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUFFED UP

puffed up  [pʌft ʌp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUFFED UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puffed up is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PUFFED UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of puffed up in the English dictionary

The definition of puffed up in the dictionary is 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.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUFFED UP


lace-up
leɪs ʌp

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUFFED UP

puff pastry
puff piece
puff sleeves
puff-puff
puffa jacket
puffball
puffbird
puffed
puffed rice
puffed sleeves
puffer
pufferies
puffery
puffier
puffiest
puffily
puffin
puffin crossing
puffiness
puffingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUFFED UP

buttoned up
dolled up
dressed up
end up
fed up
fired up
glammed up
hyped up
keyed up
mixed up
psyched up
screwed up
shed up
speed up
speeded up
steamed up
stuffed up
tooled up
washed up
worked up
wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of puffed up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PUFFED UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «puffed up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of puffed up

Translation of «puffed up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUFFED UP

Find out the translation of puffed up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puffed up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puffed up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

自高自大
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hinchado
570 millions of speakers

English

puffed up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फूला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منتفخ يصل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возгордились
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inchado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুঁ আপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gonflé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sedih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

aufgeblasen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

慢心する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부풀어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puffed up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phồng lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொங்கியது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुंकला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şişirilmiş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gonfia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nadęty
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

загордилися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

umflat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φουσκωμένο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opgepof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppblåst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

oppblåst
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puffed up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUFFED UP»

The term «puffed up» is regularly used and occupies the 98.974 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUFFED UP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puffed up

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QUOTES WITH «PUFFED UP»

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Dario Fo
I am the jongleur. I leap and pirouette, and make you laugh. I make fun of those in power, and I show you how puffed up and conceited are the big shots who go around making wars in which we are the ones who get slaughtered. I reveal them for what they are. I pull out the plug, and... pssss... they deflate.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUFFED UP»

Discover the use of puffed up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puffed up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lovebirds: Everything about Purchase, Care, Feeding, and Health
A bird with puffed-up feathers may be uncomfortable with the temperature of the room or this may be a sign that your bird is seriously ill. lf you see a lovebird with puffed feathers, particularly if it's on the bottom of the cage with closed or ...
Mary Gorman, 2005
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The Rhetorical Role of Scripture in 1 Corinthians
plurality of “things”(a3) written in scripture that similarly speak of shunning human wisdom in favor of God's vastly superior wisdom by relying or “boasting” in the Lord.34 Thus, the individuals in the audience are to learn not to be “puffed up” or  ...
John Paul Heil, 2005
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The Companion Bible
1695) 2 that ye might learn 2 in us "not to think of men 0 above that which "is written, 'that "no one of you be 0 puffed up "for one "against "another. 7 For who " maketh thee to differ from another ? and what hast thou that thou didst 4 not receive?
E. W. Bullinger, 1999
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Tuscarora-English/English-Tuscarora Dictionary
suggests that this noun contains the root -tya''T - 1niffed-up bag and the root -uh6 (e)r- strip off. -tya''nuka''T- beleh, v.s.-a.i rutya''nu- ka''tha'' <he-pulfed-up bag- blister- causes> he belches (HS), ^hrutya ''- nu-ka''t <prediction-he-puffed-up bag - ...
Blair A. Rudes, 1999
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Colossians, 1-2 Thessalonians, 1-2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon
Listen to Paul declaring that the proud must suffer those very penalties: "Not a new convert, lest he be puffed up with pride and incur the condemnation passed on the devil." Homilies on John 9.2.30 Losing the Blessing Promised to Humility.
Peter J. Gorday, Thomas C. Oden, 2000
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Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English
(mwytb) The state of being puffed up, or pampered. Mwytban, ». c. dim. (mwytb) Any foft tender substance, a tender shoot, a cartilage, a gristle. Mwythaw, i-, a. ( mwytb) To puff up, to make smooth; to mollify, to soften; to become puffed up ; to ...
William Owen Pughe, 1832
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Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament: S. John, ...
How can one proud and puffed up have any genuine1 charity? He must needs be envious. And mayhap one who is envious, loves, and we are mistaken? God forbid that any one should be so mistaken, as to say that an envious 1 Cor. man ...
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), Richard Gell MacMullen, 1854
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Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament
How can one proud and puffed up have any genuine' mam charity? He must needs be envious. And mayhap one who is envious, loves, and we are mistaken ? God forbid that any one should be so mistaken, as to say that an envious l Cor.
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), 1845
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Christian Love and It's Fruit
LECTURE VII THE SPIRIT OF CHARITY IS AN HUMBLE SPIRIT "Charity vaunteth not itself; is not puffed up; doth not behave itself unseemly."--! Corinthians xiii. 4, 5. Having shown the nature and tendency of charity or Christian love, in respect ...
Jonathan Edwards, 2000
10
Food Packaging: Principles and Practice, Second Edition
... now be puffed up to four to eight times their original size; these expanded, original-texture grains are used in many snack products. 2. Deterioration The major mode of deterioration for extruded and puffed snacks is loss of crispness.
Gordon L. Robertson, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUFFED UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puffed up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fired state director calls Ducey a 'lying, puffed up evil Barney Rubble'
PHOENIX (3TV) - Calling Gov. Doug Ducey a "lying, puffed up evil Barney Rubble," Shawn Marquez, the former acting director of Arizona's Department of ... «AZFamily, Jun 15»
2
Sainsbury's puffed up by short squeeze
Marking its sixth consecutive quarter of falling sales, Sainsbury's (SBRY) is clearly still struggling to make up for further food deflation and supermarket price war. «Interactive Investor, Jun 15»
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'Puffed up planet' orbiting small star discovered by Australian …
(CNN) A huge "puffed up" planet "too big for its star" some 500 light years from Earth has been discovered by Australian researchers -- with the help of a ... «CNN, May 15»
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"His speeches were not puffed up fluff," said Li Hongyi in eulogy
After speaking to him in person you knew that his speeches were not puffed up fluff. They were truly his opinions on the matters he cared most about. He would ... «AsiaOne, Mar 15»
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Of Puffed up Chests and Ornate Belligerence
All of us — Indians, Pakistanis and tourists alike — were reveling in this pantomime of puffed up chests and ornate belligerence. Here was the military ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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Cannabis companies are all puffed up
Legal sales of cannabis - it is legal for medical use in 23 US states and for recreational use in four - grew 75 per cent last year to reach $US2.7 billion. Reuters. «The Australian Financial Review, Mar 15»
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TV election debates: DUP's Peter Robinson warns 'puffed up
The DUP leader has warned UK broadcasters not to get "puffed up with your own ... "You seem to think that somehow by standing up to the Prime Minister of the ... «BBC News, Mar 15»
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NBC's Puffed Up Anchor
Surrounded by fans and protected from criticism, it's no wonder Brian Williams became a serial fabulist. By now everyone knows about his transgressions. «National Review Online, Feb 15»
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Pictures: Kite flyers get puffed up in Christchurch
Pictures: Kite flyers get puffed up in Christchurch ... incredible heights while the bigger ones look great all puffed up and hovering above the beach," she says. «TVNZ, Jan 15»
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That puffed-up pufferfish isn't holding its breath
When all puffed up, the animals look a little like the face of a person who's holding his breath. Perhaps that's where they got a reputation for not breathing while ... «Science News, Dec 14»

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