puffed-up
feeling self-important; arrogant; pompous.
swollen; puffy.
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How to use puffed-up in a sentence
Afterward, you can actually see her young career flash before her eyes as she makes a kind of puffed up blowfish face.
The Curious Little Shell That Restarted Jenny Slate’s Career | Luke Hopping | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe winter air is rent with cries from thousands of puffed up lips, begging to be let in.
Some came wrapped in what looked like puffed up fabric worms, with hair just as knotted and twisted.
Comme Des Garçons, Kenzo, and More Japanese Designers at Paris Fashion Week | Liza Foreman | March 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNeither author, for instance, subjected readers to puffed-up cartoon versions of themselves sporting a tricorn hat.
Rush Limbaugh Has No Business Teaching History to Our Kids | Michelle Cottle | September 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTGingrich, puffed up with righteousness, went on the offensive.
Newt’s Winning Formula: He Does Scorn and Disgust Better Than Anyone | Michelle Goldberg | January 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousOne or two ran away and presently returned, followed by a lady Loon wearing huge, puffed-up rubber skirts.
The Tin Woodman of Oz | L. Frank BaumOne of these did not look like a ship at all, but like a low black box, from which the smoke puffed up in a thick cloud.
Stories of Our Naval Heroes | VariousMr. Sewer Rat puffed up his cheeks and gnashed his long, white teeth angrily.
Bumper, The White Rabbit | George Ethelbert WalshHe was so puffed up by these exploits that he wasn't a bit afraid of what might happen to him on the river.
Bumper, The White Rabbit | George Ethelbert Walsh
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