| ADJECTIVE | all | puffy, bouffant | being puffed out |
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| all | puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | |
| all | puffy, gusty | blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts |
| Sounds | pah'fiy | |
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| Rhymes | apostrophe ... typography: 53 rhymes with fiy... | |
| Meaning | Puffed out; used of hair style or clothing. | |
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| Synonym | bouffant | |
| Broader | large, big | Above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent |
| Spanish | crepado | |
| Meaning | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas. | |
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| Synonyms | intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid | |
| Broader | unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
| Spanish | distendido, hinchado, inflado, tumescente, túmido | |
| Catalan | distès, inflat, tumescent, túmid | |
| Nouns | puffiness | an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement |
| Meaning | blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts. | |
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| Example | "puffy off-shore winds" | |
| Synonym | gusty | |
| Broader | stormy | (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms / storms or commotion |
| Nouns | puff | a short light gust of air |
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