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PUFFINESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Synonyms:

inflation; ostentation; ostentatiousness; pomposity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("puffiness" is a kind of...):

inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

Synonyms:

lump; puffiness; swelling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("puffiness" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

enlargement (the state of being enlarged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puffiness"):

spermatocele (a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa)

bloat (swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas)

bunion (a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe)

dropsy; edema; hydrops; oedema (swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities)

haematocele; haematocoele; hematocele; hematocoele (swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis))

intumescence; intumescency (swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion))

iridoncus (swelling of the iris of the eye)

lymphogranuloma (swelling of a lymph node)

oscheocele; oscheocoele (swelling of the scrotum)

tumidity; tumidness (slight swelling of an organ or part)

Derivation:

puffy (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas)

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