adjective
Displaying exaggerated dignity or self-importance; pompous.
puffed-up
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Adjective
(comparative more puffed up, superlative most puffed up)
- To be proud
- Since he was elected school prefect, he's become really puffed up.
Verb
- Simple past tense and past participle of puff up.
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