puffed
adjective
[ pʌfd ]
• out of breath.
• "he felt puffed after climbing to the top of the apartment block"
Similar:
out of breath,
breathless,
short of breath,
puffed out,
panting,
puffing,
huffing and puffing,
puffing and blowing,
gasping,
gasping for breath,
wheezing,
wheezy,
winded,
short-winded,
out of puff,
• swollen.
• "symptoms include puffed eyelids"
puff
verb
• breathe in repeated short gasps.
• "exercises that make you puff"
Similar:
breathe heavily,
breathe loudly/rapidly/quickly,
pant,
puff and pant,
puff and blow,
blow,
gasp,
fight for breath,
catch one's breath,
• swell or become swollen.
• "he suddenly sucked his stomach in and puffed his chest out"
Similar:
bulge,
swell (out),
stick out,
distend,
belly (out),
balloon (up/out),
expand,
inflate,
enlarge,
tumefy,
intumesce,
cause to swell,
cause to bulge,
dilate,
blow up,
pump up,
bloat,
• advertise with exaggerated or false praise.
• "publishers have puffed the book on the grounds that it contains new discoveries"
Similar:
advertise,
promote,
give publicity to,
publicize,
push,
recommend,
commend,
endorse,
put in a good word for,
beat the drum for,
give a puff to,
hype (up),
plug,
merchandise,
Origin:
Middle English: imitative of the sound of a breath, perhaps from Old English pyf (noun), pyffan (verb).