puffed
1 adj If a part of your body is puffed or puffed up, it is swollen because of an injury or because you are unwell.
v-link ADJ
(=swollen, puffy)
His face was a little puffed...
2 adj If you are puffed or puffed out, you are breathing with difficulty because you have been using a lot of energy. INFORMAL v-link ADJ
(=breathless) Do you get puffed out running up and down the stairs?
puffed up
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. adj oft ADJ with n (disapproval)
He was too puffed up with his own importance, too blinded by vanity to accept their verdict on him.
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