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Adjective
Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure
Out of breath
Self-opinionated
Feeling tired, fatigued or weary
Involving the use of exaggerated or flowery writing or language
Verb
To have announced or advertised, usually loudly
To have provided assistance to someone or something
Past tense for to blow or breathe in repeated short bursts or gasps of air
Past tense for to smoke a pipe, cigarette, or cigar
(
puff up
)
Past tense for to promote with exaggerated or false praise
(
puff up
)
Past tense for to praise or compliment, typically excessively or insincerely
Past tense for to swell or distend
Past tense for to (excessively) boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions
Past tense for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms
Past tense for to blow upon, as with a fan or wings
Past tense for to blow in gusts
Past tense for give a false or misleading account of the nature of
(
of a theory or suggestion
)
Past tense for to put forward
Past tense for to pass or cause to pass gently through the air
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Adjective
▲
Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure
bloated
distended
swollen
blown
overinflated
tumescent
tumid
turgid
varicose
varicosed
enlarged
inflated
puffy
bulging
puffed up
turgescent
dilated
expanded
engorged
protuberant
ballooning
blown up
distent
bulgy
stretched
prominent
tumefied
bulbous
oedematous
dropsical
blown-up
ventricose
pumped out
pumped up
puffed out
exaggerated
expanding
bursting
oedematose
fanned
wafted
windblown
fluttered
whisked
whirled
blasted
swelled
congested
extended
in spate
in flood
sticking out
stuffed
full
overfed
ballooned
stuffy
too full
arrogant
pompous
intumescent
overstuffed
swollen up
ballooning up
ballooning out
uncomfortably full
inflamed
protruding
edematous
puffed-up
swelling
projecting
convex
jutting
gibbous
popping
aerated
protrusive
obtrusive
excrescent
outjutting
pumped-up
filled-up
proud
filled
jutting out
air-filled
baggy
curving outward
increased
billowy
humped
goggle
beetling
hanging over
flatulent
grown
salient
ovoid
pear-shaped
balloon-shaped
bulb-shaped
overhanging
magnified
intensified
broadened
widened
elaborated
caricatured
developed
aggrandized
amplified
augmented
lengthened
spread
added to
filled out
standing out
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Out of breath
gasping
panting
winded
breathless
exhausted
puffing
spent
puffed out
short-winded
wheezing
wheezy
done in
out of breath
wiped out
gasping for breath
huffing and puffing
puffing and blowing
shagged out
breathing heavily
out of puff
out of whack
short of breath
asthmatic
dyspneic
choking
gulping
emphysematous
stertorous
gulping for breath
blowing hard
breathy
fighting for breath
chesty
rasping
husky
hissing
“We started jogging and after the first one, he was
puffed
out.”
Adjective
▲
Self-opinionated
arrogant
bumptious
conceited
self-assertive
self-important
cocky
domineering
forward
imperious
magisterial
opinionated
overbearing
pompous
presumptuous
self-opinionated
affected
egotistic
grandiose
haughty
pontifical
proud
sententious
stiff
supercilious
vain
condescending
full of oneself
patronising
UK
patronizing
US
snooty
uppish
uppity
Adjective
▲
Feeling tired, fatigued or weary
exhausted
drained
fatigued
spent
beat
bushed
debilitated
enervated
knackered
tired
weary
dead
breathless
panting
pooped
puffing
shattered
wasted
frazzled
gasping
jaded
sapped
weak
bushwhacked
effete
enfeebled
prostrated
aweary
beaten
done
flat
fried
jiggered
limp
loggy
logy
prostrate
stonkered
wabbit
weakened
wearied
whipped
worn
zonked
bleary
fordone
rooted
toilworn
whacked
creamcrackered
kaput
shot
worn out
dog-tired
burned-out
burnt-out
clapped out
tired out
bone-tired
bone-weary
dead beat
dead tired
out of breath
ready to drop
tuckered out
wiped out
worn-out
all in
done for
done in
fagged out
knocked out
puffed out
puffing and blowing
run-down
tapped out
washed-out
whacked out
extremely tired
gasping for breath
played out
running on empty
shagged out
zonked out
had it
on your last legs
out on one's feet
outta gas
worn to a frazzle
jet-lagged
asleep on one's feet
dog tired
very tired
dead on one's feet
rundown
sleepy
depleted
haggard
fagged
careworn
worn-down
burned out
crippled
washed out
drowsy
strained
drawn
pinched
disabled
gaunt
weariful
overtired
droopy
burnt out
fit to drop
hollow-eyed
done up
hollow-cheeked
finished
flagging
tuckered
drooping
overworked
far-gone
consumed
used up
overtaxed
out of gas
low
wan
asleep
raddled
listless
languid
collapsing
gone
unwell
stressed out
wrinkled
stressed
fretted
peaky
pale
etiolated
taxed
ashen
blanched
languorous
lost
tense
groggy
dog-weary
empty
dragging
hacked
broken-down
bleary-eyed
wrecked
played-out
washed-up
sleep deprived
dead-tired
dead-beat
wiped-out
pasty-faced
without energy
sallow
done-in
blown
used
all-in
grim
wiped
bored
sick
lethargic
faint
somnolent
languishing
bedraggled
done with
peaked
narcoleptic
overused
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
low-energy
lackadaisical
sluggish
faded
dropping
lassitudinous
blasé
worn down
infirm
feeble
petered out
torpid
run down
run ragged
withered
fraught
like death warmed up
on last leg
in poor health
slumberous
dozy
rekt
over-tired
tired-out
exasperated
half-awake
overloaded
unhealthy
expended
emptied
heavy-lidded
sore
overburdened
dissipated
disbursed
thrown away
down the drain
below par
with sunken cheeks
under par
worse for wear
the worse for wear
aching
stress-ridden
ruined
under stress
doomed
footsore
through
defeated
bankrupt
sunk
devastated
broken
undone
toast
thwarted
destroyed
liquidated
kaputt
over with
dead and buried
over the hill
at an end
gone to the wall
past it
wound up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Involving the use of exaggerated or flowery writing or language
inflated
grandiloquent
bombastic
rhetorical
flowery
magniloquent
pompous
pretentious
florid
oratorical
ornate
orotund
fustian
verbose
highfalutin
turgid
grandiose
overripe
euphuistic
purple
affected
overwrought
elaborate
aureate
wordy
extravagant
overdone
declamatory
lofty
prolix
ostentatious
fancy
showy
fussy
ranting
ornamented
complex
complicated
decorated
detailed
involved
hyperbolic
excessive
exalted
overestimated
rhapsodical
high-flown
la-di-da
overblown
stilted
ponderous
labored
US
windy
sesquipedalian
strained
laboured
UK
fulsome
stodgy
stuffy
Ossianic
self-important
arty-farty
tumid
high-sounding
rhetoric
sonorous
pleonastic
magnific
flamboyant
flatulent
long-winded
eloquent
convoluted
periphrastic
hifalutin
gassy
diffuse
rambling
hyperventilated
circuitous
articulate
circumlocutory
redundant
garrulous
silver-tongued
discursive
gaseous
pedantic
lengthy
formal
mouthy
effusive
voluble
tedious
palaverous
over-elaborate
bombast
theatrical
big
logorrheic
loquacious
tautological
swollen
erudite
scholarly
boastful
rotund
exaggerated
Ciceronian
epideictic
imposing
baroque
repetitious
Demosthenic
Demosthenean
protracted
tortuous
ambagious
gabby
chatty
long-drawn-out
flashy
braggart
bragging
loud
Falstaffian
roundabout
dramatic
stagy
elocutionary
histrionic
fluent
meandering
grand-sounding
superficial
talky
wandering
digressive
talkative
figurative
embellished
overlong
maundering
tumescent
puffed-up
ornamental
circumlocutionary
rococo
logorrhoeic
self-righteous
majestic
impressive
elevated
heroic
mannered
lexiphanic
actorly
superfluous
indirect
high-falutin
sententious
iterative
metaphorical
oratorial
high-minded
snobbish
waffly
decorative
garnished
rich
luscious
overwritten
verbal
linguistic
tiresome
over-the-top
euphemistic
shallow
breezy
boasting
portentous
stylistic
full of verbiage
bold
overinflated
booming
melodramatic
arresting
contrived
glib
vocal
grand
fervid
impassioned
persuasive
gesturing
vivid
forceful
gesticulative
senatorial
noisy
expressive
intoning
important
noble
stentorian
crass
flaunted
jaunty
egotistic
vain
brazen
vaunting
garish
long
large
waffling
diffusive
profuse
random
lavish
copious
exuberant
dull
drawn-out
blathering
blustering
rhapsodic
windbag
loudmouthed
balderdash
big-talking
stuffed shirt
full of hot air
prolonged
empty
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have announced or advertised, usually loudly
cried
announced
trumpeted
advertised
broadcast
broadcasted
hawked
proclaimed
publicized
US
barked
promulgated
blazoned
heralded
hyped
published
touted
annunciated
bruited
declared
extolled
sounded
publicised
UK
shouted from the rooftops
advertized
promoted
plugged
pushed
pitched
marketed
boosted
ballyhooed
talked up
puffed up
hyped up
beat the drum for
sold
merchandised
banged the drum for
advanced
flogged
endorsed
flaunted
built up
peddled
spruiked
beaten the drum for
released
sponsored
drummed
spread around
given a puff to
spread abroad
put on the map
gave publicity to
gave a puff to
given publicity to
advocated
recommended
flashed
popularized
US
encouraged
showed
informed
flacked
notified
posted
apprised
enunciated
propagandized
US
disclosed
presented
aggrandized
huckstered
communicated
circularized
US
exposed
revealed
exhibited
divulged
made public
spieled
made known
soft sold
called attention to
propagandised
UK
popularised
UK
brought to public notice
circularised
UK
given a plug to
gave a plug to
championed
billed
backed
displayed
trailed
placarded
blared
praised
blazed
trailered
advised
spotlighted
spotlit
unmasked
spotted
acquainted
blurbed
alerted
uncovered
splashed
campaigned for
shouted out
run with
spread about
beat the drum
cried up
cracked up
put across
made a pitch
shown
supplied
furthered
proselytized
US
espoused
trafficked in
persuaded
gotten behind
ran with
sweet talked
packaged
gotten on soapbox for
got behind
given out
won approval for
given notice of
brought someone round to
gave out
played up
soft-soaped
convinced someone of the merits of
got on soapbox for
won someone over to
proselytised
UK
gave notice of
hustled
got across
beaten the drum
persuaded someone to accept
dealt in
talked into
got acceptance for
pumped up
gained acceptance for
gazetted
got support for
gotten across
spoken for
spoke for
wrote up
written up
set forth
stated
told
spread
reported
pronounced
aired
expressed
imparted
disseminated
circulated
conveyed
uttered
voiced
put forward
passed on
recounted
set out
asserted
delivered
related
let slip
sayed
said
mentioned
indicated
put out
recited
articulated
expounded
affirmed
come out with
raised
vented
put
narrated
let out
let in on
let on about
explained
propounded
described
spilled
spilt
admitted
submitted
leaked
transmitted
let on
let the cat out of the bag
let drop
put into words
set down
ventilated
blabbed
intimated
signalled
UK
signaled
US
passed
betrayed
unveiled
spelled out
spelt out
decreed
specified
issued
confessed
suggested
verbalized
US
discovered
unfolded
read
bruited about
let know
verbalised
UK
read out
brought out
put about
detailed
relayed
relaid
rehearsed
vocalized
US
propagated
came out with
sounded off
formulated
bared
talked
signified
preached
praught
asseverated
maintained
laid down
vocalised
UK
chronicled
babbled
delineated
list
proposed
spoke
spoken
spake
professed
phrased
framed
called
unbosomed
worded
registered
couched
gave
given
testified
laid bare
avowed
hinted
enounced
clued in
blurted out
pointed out
filled in
talked about
bruited abroad
put it on record
put in words
reeled off
brought into the open
let fall
let it be known
given away
gave away
adjudicated
introduced
portrayed
averred
judged
blurted
denoted
briefed
evinced
tabled
stipulated
charted
enumerated
enlightened
illustrated
mooted
blasted
mouthed
posited
vouchsafed
designated
represented
told of
rendered
kept posted
made a statement
elucidated
noised abroad
brought out into the open
opened up
gave an account of
given an account of
given voice to
gave voice to
passed the word
blazoned abroad
putten
broke
broken
brake
anchored
lay down
hosted
catalogued
UK
particularized
US
orated
emceed
spouted
ruled
demonstrated
documented
listed
uncloaked
distributed
familiarized
US
warned
burst out
burst out with
itemized
US
elaborated
depicted
showcased
decided
summarized
US
cited
instructed
discussed
declaimed
called out
purveyed
sounded out
spilt the beans
spilled the beans
versed
outlined
clarified
debated
cleared
quoted
intoned
offered
preconized
clad
clothed
pointed to
handed on
printed
cabled
wired
cataloged
US
taught
cued
conceded
insinuated
bespoke
acknowledged
tweeted
writ
sprung
poured out
shouted
put in the picture about
issued a statement about
put in the picture
flagged up
put over
brought to public attention
caught up
apprised of
spread it around
put on the air
laid down the law
gave expression to
chimed in
put cards on table
given expression to
summarised
UK
put in circulation
made it known
provided details
made known to
read aloud
interpreted
shared
testified to
put before
laid out
particularised
UK
informed of
put on the airwaves
itemised
UK
spit it out
talked of
read out loud
familiarised
UK
stated publicly
acclaimed
produced
readen
broken the news
wised up
gave vent to
given utterance to
gave utterance to
given vent to
broke the news
fronted
ejaculated
exclaimed
jabbered
compered
implied
evidenced
diffused
proliferated
manifested
previewed
sent
projected
reflected
betokened
run off at the mouth
arbitrated
uttered suddenly
broached
purported
cried out
tabulated
covered
transferred
conducted
transfused
meaned
predicted
argued
claimed
meant
paraphrased
whispered
hipped
noted
numerated
nailed
undressed
charged
debunked
cautioned
recorded
determined
ordained
alleged
opined
symbolized
US
carried
defined
foretold
breathed
soliloquized
imported
looked
spelled
US
painted
spun
showed up
clued
explicated
embellished
named
epitomized
US
recapitulated
identified
circumstantiated
instanced
debriefed
protested
pontificated
inflected
muttered
avouched
intonated
emphasized
US
coughed
stressed
connoted
marked
radioed
telephoned
bespake
bespoken
tooted
habituated
ostended
stumped
twoten
twote
wrote
written
sprang
pointed at
sketched
brandished
decided on
sounded loudly
gave the facts
clued in on
told on
passed judgment
laid the gaff
deciphered
dished the dirt
resolved
hailed as
taught in
said aloud
given notice
spilled the beans about
retailed
primed on
returned
instructed in
grounded in
spat it out
passed judgement on
roared
analysed
UK
gave blow-by-blow
cracked to
said quickly
sat in judgement on
took the wraps off
got over
bandied about
given blow-by-blow
indoctrinated in
made official
allegated
made familiar
accustomed to
laid it on
reasserted
made somebody aware of
levelled
UK
made conversant
clued up about
brought forward
made familiar with
gave rundown
thrown out
emphasised
UK
knelled
initiated into
reaffirmed
advised of
genned up on
unearthed
opened your heart
blew the gaff
confided
come clean about
spilled to
ruled on
gossipped
individualized
US
popped off
handed down
spoke of
specialized
US
postulated
pointed toward
reported on
brought out into open
ticked off
sent out
beat the drum about
made plain
restated
passed out
gone into
pinned down
unclothed
adumbrated
shouted from the housetops
spoken of
schooled in
kept up to speed with
dispersed
brought in
unloaded on
communicated information
brought to light
taken the wraps off
passed down
analyzed
US
blown the gaff
went public with
featured
blew the lid off
shared a confidence
sent word of
settled on
repeated
epitomised
UK
churned out
squealed about
got up to date
filled in on
said out loud
kept up to date
sweated details
bugled
educated in
attested
brought word on
given rundown
symbolised
UK
leveled
US
cleared up
yelled
blazed abroad
laid open
had your say
threw out
run by
passed round
quoted chapter and verse
gone public with
mainstreamed
blown the lid off
told all about
buzzed
individualised
UK
individuated
tipped off
shot off one's mouth
unburdened
gossiped
alerted to
brought word
specialised
UK
went into
made a ruling on
beared witness to
made out
beared
weaved
lay out
made aware
screamed
made clear
gave notice
made aware of
given the facts
modulated
accounted for
briefed as to
left word
sat in judgment
called upon
run off at mouth
sent word
said something
ran off at the mouth
span
bent an ear
got on a soapbox
gotten on a soapbox
beaten the drum about
got out
gotten out
blown the whistle on
blew the whistle on
acquainted with
bore
borne
given a recitation
gave a recitation
gave facts
gave evidence of
given facts
woven
given evidence of
wove
given details of
gave details of
drawn up
got down to brass tacks
flown speck
drew up
gotten down to brass tacks
flew speck
gotten through
got through
rung up
rang up
spoken about
spoke clearly
spoke about
spoke coherently
spoken coherently
spoken clearly
rung out
rang out
ran off at mouth
given an account
gave an account
gave details
given details
gave a verdict on
gave a ruling on
given a verdict on
given a ruling on
given utterance
gave utterance
attested to
gave expression
bore witness
given expression
spoken out
gave testimony
given testimony
borne witness
gotten over
spoke out
gave the low-down on
gave a rundown of
given a rundown of
gotten together
gave the gen about
gave information about
given information about
given the low-down on
got together
ran by
given the gen about
shown excerpts of
showed excerpts of
gave the low-down
gave the game away
given the low-down
taken the lid off
gotten out of your system
came clean about
gotten off your chest
blew wide open
given the game away
got off your chest
took the lid off
got out of your system
blown wide open
gone public on
went public on
given the show away
gave the show away
given advance notice of
given advance notice
gave advance notice of
gave advance notice
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have provided assistance to someone or something
helped
aided
assisted
supported
abetted
furthered
lent a hand
propped
relieved
served
stood by
upheld
advocated
bucked up
helped out
interceded
patronized
US
rallied round
rooted for
saw through
stuck up for
stumped for
tended
accommodated
ballyhooed
befriended
cared for
cheered
emboldened
encouraged
fostered
heartened
hyped
ministered to
nurtured
patronised
UK
plugged
rescued
seconded
went with
did a favor
did a service
did one's part
took care of
worked for
pushed
blessed
contented
delighted
gladdened
gratified
pleased
satisfied
succeeded
put on the map
backed
facilitated
promoted
boosted
eased
forwarded
obliged
cooperated
precipitated
succoured
UK
worked with
benefited
benefitted
succored
US
backstopped
advanced
attended to
collaborated with
accelerated
cooperated with
expedited
attended
waited on
run interference for
opened the door for
bailed out
speeded up
got stuck in with
reinforced
cleared a path for
paved the way for
sped up
jacked up
lent a helping hand to
pitched in with
oiled the wheels of
hiked up
opened doors for
bailed someone out
smoothed the path of
sustained
stood up for
made easy
made a pitch for
smoothed the way for
stumped
assisted the progress of
propped up
contributed to
got someone out of a tight spot
backed up
helped along
mucked in with
lent a hand to
thumped
holpen
holp
gave assistance to
given assistance to
done someone a favour
did for
gone to bat for
gave a lift
was a factor in
went to bat for
rode shotgun
done for
taken care of
ridden shotgun
given a lift
went down the line for
given a boost
did someone a favour
been a factor in
given a boost to
given a leg up
gave a leg up to
gave a boost
did someone a service
were a factor in
gave a hand
done someone a service
gone with
gave a boost to
given a leg up to
ran interference for
gave a leg up
given a hand
gone down the line for
favoured
UK
favored
US
championed
endorsed
bolstered
countenanced
put up to
comforted
sanctioned
improved
carried
advantaged
bettered
profited
upholden
espoused
urged
prompted
condoned
enhanced
ameliorated
built
argued
pleaded
pled
colluded with
sided with
spurred
connived with
represented
guaranteed
stood for
lent a helping hand
connived at
connived
aided and abetted
buoyed up
powered
come to defense of
pleaded for
participated in
suited
prodded
come to the defence of
goaded
thumped for
defended
kept one going
made for
blest
kept you going
befitted
strengthened
cheered up
paid off for
conduced to
egged on
gave a push to
gone along with
given a push to
went along with
drave
did good to
driven
druv
drove
done good to
given strength to
saw someone through
seen someone through
gave strength to
spoke up for
argued for
spoken in support of
came to the defence of
spoken up for
taken up cudgels for
spoke in support of
took up cudgels for
came to defense of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to blow or breathe in repeated short bursts or gasps of air
panted
blew
blown
gasped
breathed
huffed
wheezed
drew
drawn
exhaled
heaved
hove
hyperventilated
inhaled
dragged
drug
gulped
whiffed
breathed heavily
gasped for breath
huffed and puffed
puffed and pant
breathed out
fought for breath
sucked in air
breathed loudly
breathed quickly
breathed rapidly
puffed and blow
snorted
inspired
breathed hard
respired
sniffed
expired
breathed in
caught one's breath
rasped
sighed
whistled
coughed
suspired
insufflated
snored
gagged
caught your breath
struggled for air
overbreathed
gasped for aired
gasped for air
drawn in
drew in
throbbed
smelt
smelled
palpitated
hissed
choked
winded
chuffed
wound
sniffled
whooped
snuffled
snuffed
snifted
sibilated
rattled
inbreathed
grunted
sounded
scented
pulled
croaked
suffocated
breathed noisily
breathed audibly
drew in breath
drawn in breath
struggled
sniffed in
sucked in
used lungs
strained
breathed roughly
fought for air
inhaled and exhale
struggled for breath
drawn breath
drew breath
taken breaths
took breaths
took in air
taken in air
heaved a sigh
spluttered
sniveled
US
snivelled
UK
whispered
spoke hoarsely
spoken hoarsely
more ❯
“I
puff
from exhaustion as I crouch lower and lower so my backpack doesn't get caught in vines and creepers.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to smoke a pipe, cigarette, or cigar
smoked
inhaled
vaped
puffed on
took a drag of
taken a drag of
dragged on
drew on
drawn on
pulled on
sucked on
sucked at
lit up
“Walter Hern began to
puff
hard at his pipe, and to stare more intently at the fire.”
Verb
▲
(
puff up
)
Past tense for to promote with exaggerated or false praise
promoted
advertised
advertized
publicised
UK
publicized
US
hyped
plugged
pushed
commended
endorsed
recommended
merchandised
overpraised
praised
ballyhooed
built
cried
bigged up
big upped
cracked up
gave publicity to
given publicity to
hyped up
beat the drum for
beaten the drum for
blew up
blown up
gave a puff to
given a puff to
put in a good word for
touted
pitched
boosted
talked up
sold
marketed
puffed up
banged the drum for
flogged
mentioned
upsold
built up
advanced
presented
championed
advocated
spruiked
popularized
US
espoused
preached
praught
suggested
introduced
peddled
namechecked
spun
glorified
flacked
huckstered
called attention to
popularised
UK
made popular
trumpeted
cried up
piled it on
spoken well of
laid it on thick
spoke well of
given a plug to
gave a plug to
span
wrote up
written up
drawn attention to
drew attention to
gave a mention to
given a mention to
gave a boost
tub-thumped
given a boost
more ❯
“The company tried hard in its press release to
puff
up the new products into something noteworthy.”
Verb
▲
(
puff up
)
Past tense for to praise or compliment, typically excessively or insincerely
flattered
blarneyed
adulated
honeyed
praised
stroked
overpraised
massaged
belauded
soft-soaped
hero-worshipped
buttered up
puffed up
spread it on
laid it on thick
brownnosed
cajoled
softened
sweet-talked
fawned on
sucked up to
played up to
built up
charmed
inveigled
glorified
humoured
UK
flanneled
flannelled
bootlicked
wheedled
fawned
humored
US
panegyrized
oiled
expressed admiration for
waxed lyrical about
pandered to
crawled to
worked on
laid it on with a trowel
crept to
rubbed the right way
complimented excessively
persuaded
coaxed
complimented
brown-nosed
courted
admired
commended
blandished
lauded
snowed
curry favored with
curried favour
beslavered
talked into
groveled
US
grovelled
UK
sucked up
said nice things about
prostrated oneself to
kept someone sweet
grovelled to
curry favored
paid blandishments to
sweetened up
rubbed up the right way
worked over
toadied to
prevailed on
abased oneself to
kowtowed to
paid court to
truckled to
curry favoured with
bowed and scrape to
made much of
demeaned oneself to
paid tribute to
made up to
got round
ingratiated oneself with
danced attendance on
snown
snew
fallen all over
got on the right side of
gotten on the right side of
fell all over
toadied
kowtowed
truckled
crawled
wooed
beguiled
licked someone's boots
apple-polished
enticed
creeped
crept
won over
influenced
lured
fawned over
cringed
pandered
smooth-talked
palavered
kissed one's feet
ingratiated yourself
induced
tempted
swayed
fussed
cowered
humbled oneself
prostrated oneself
bowed and scraped
laid it on
seduced
urged
brought round
behaved obsequiously
catered to
softened up
put on a pedestal
talked
manoeuvred
UK
maneuvered
US
revered
allured
wormed
convinced
got
stooped
conned
argued
coerced
tried to get on the good side of
kiss up to
honeyed up
smoodged to
sought the favour of
deferred to
paid court
submitted
yielded
deferred
worshipped
UK
gushed over
worshiped
US
elevated
crouched
slavered
prest
pressed
kneeled
knelt
abased oneself before
abased yourself
hooked
kissed-up
cultivated
scratched one's back
ingratiated
sniveled
US
importuned
roped in
bowed to
bartered
soothed
snivelled
UK
knuckled under
prevailed upon
fawned upon
finagled
tried to win over
arm-twisted
wangled
soaped
gotten
gat
kissing up to
fallen on one's knees
fell on one's knees
adored
eulogized
US
venerated
yolden
yold
lionized
US
grovelled before
cringed before
conceded
buttered up to
raved over
debased
praised to excess
bowed
eulogised
UK
invited
cottoned
scraped
abased
smarmed around
jollied
prodded
made
quailed
pestered
exalted
encouraged
sweet talked
submitted to
eaten crow
folded
caved in to
kissed someone's feet
praised to the skies
talked someone into something
got in with
talked blarney
lionised
UK
bowed and scrape before
toed the mark
made up
reasoned
stroked one's ego
come on
sold
decoyed
buddied up
genuflected
smoodged
caved in
demeaned oneself
twisted one's arm
jawboned
won the favor of
implored
gave in
bended
prostrated
bent
played up
used flattery
pampered
kissed the feet of
ate crow
given in
roosed
said uncle
cozied up
bent the knee
argued into
solicited
prostrated oneself before
teased
humiliated yourself
plagued
drawn
drew
fallen over oneself for
fell over oneself for
came on
gotten in with
eaten humble pie
ate humble pie
gave way
given way
back-scratched
gotten around
got around
showed respect for
shown respect for
ate dirt
eaten dirt
sang the praises of
sung the praises of
overdid it
gone along with
overdone it
lain down and rolled over
went along with
lay down and rolled over
more ❯
“To get on his good side, you'll need to
puff
up his ego and laugh at his horrible jokes.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to swell or distend
swelled
swoll
swollen
enlarged
inflated
distended
filled
filled out
expanded
bloated
dilated
ballooned
bulged
tumefied
intumesced
puffed up
puffed out
swelled up
stretched
straught
widened
increased
billowed
extended
bagged
plumped
pouched
fattened
amplified
distorted
augmented
lengthened
bunched
bellied
beetled
pooched
protruded
engorged
projected
pouted
poked
overhung
jutted
blew up
blown out
blown up
blew out
swollen up
become bloated
become inflated
become distended
become larger
rounded out
stood out
stuck out
welled up
become swollen
grown
grew
became bloated
became inflated
became distended
became larger
became swollen
more ❯
“Leave plenty of room between them because the pastry will
puff
and expand.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to (excessively) boast about one's accomplishments, qualities, or possessions
crowed
crew
boasted
bragged
vaunted
gloated
swaggered
blustered
gasconaded
bulled
swanked
swank
blew
blown
vapored
exulted
flaunted
strutted
skited
triumphed
prated
flourished
rodomontaded
trumpeted
whooped
paraded
roistered
mouthed
gassed
showed off
shown off
congratulated oneself
gloried in
talked big
exulted in
blew your own horn
blown your own horn
patted oneself on the back
blew your own trumpet
blown your own trumpet
preened oneself
triumphed over
prided oneself
blew hard
blown hard
rubbed it in
laid it on thick
sang your own praises
sung your own praises
grandstanded
showboated
aggrandized
bragged about
crowed about
flattered oneself
extolled
esteemed
revered
acclaimed
celebrated
bullied
proclaimed
declared
exaggerated
brayed
hyperbolized
promoted
flashed
displayed
exhibited
hyped
lauded
pushed
preened
overstated
hotdogged
disclosed
advertized
advertised
plumed
revealed
divulged
gloated over
boasted about
blew smoke
blown smoke
lorded it
given oneself airs
gave oneself airs
congratulated oneself on
made much of
shot the bull
hugged oneself
talked boastingly
shot one's mouth off
spoke for Buncombe
spoken for Buncombe
flown your own kite
flew your own kite
drawn attention to
drew attention to
gave a good account of yourself
given a good account of yourself
gave oneself airs about
showed off about
shown off about
given oneself airs about
brandished
showed
unveiled
exposed
broadcast
aired
made a show of
demonstrated
showcased
disported
produced
laid out
revelled in
trotted out
reveled in
waved
dangled
shown
broadcasted
sported
featured
piqued
flattered
published
swelled
reveled
US
revelled
UK
prided
presumed
rejoiced in
rolled out
held head high
puffed up
put on display
put on view
put on show
piqued oneself on
felt self-satisfied about
publicized
US
plugged
lay out
name-dropped
promulgated
manifested
presented
made known
made public
called attention to
publicised
UK
streaked
congratulated
flashed about
relished
felicitated
faked
conned
swoll
swollen
staged
fanned it
projected
gloried
pranced
wallowed
delighted
rejoiced
attracted attention
displayed ostentatiously
rejoiced at
flattered oneself on
drooled
preened oneself about
preened oneself on
made an exhibition of
piqued oneself in
crowed over
waved around
enjoyed greatly
smirked
delighted in
patted oneself on the back for
whipped out
felt proud of
felt proud about
made a great show of
made a scene
patted oneself on the back about
felt satisfaction at
rubbed your hands
smacked with
sprung on
showed to advantage
shown to advantage
gave publicity to
given publicity to
broke out
broken out
gave oneself a pat on the back for
given oneself a pat on the back for
crew over
crown over
taken great pleasure in
took great pleasure in
sprang on
thrown in one's face
threw in one's face
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to describe or express in too exaggerated terms
exaggerated
overstated
embellished
magnified
embroidered
overdid
overdone
overplayed
amplified
overemphasised
UK
overemphasized
US
inflated
hyperbolized
elaborated
coloured
UK
dramatised
UK
dramatized
US
expanded
padded
heightened
colored
US
overdrew
overdrawn
overstressed
stretched
straught
distorted
enlarged
fudged
boosted
emphasised
UK
emphasized
US
overvalued
aggrandized
overestimated
catastrophized
falsified
misrepresented
misreported
intensified
oversold
exalted
fabricated
pyramided
lied
lay
laid
boasted
bragged
misquoted
overpitched
hiked
romanticised
UK
romanticized
US
corrupted
upped
overexaggerated
caricatured
romanced
scammed
laid it on thick
built up
elaborated on
made too much of something
piled it on
stretched the truth
put on
made a big thing of
added colour
made a federal case of
laid it on with a trowel
blew something out of all proportion
blown something out of all proportion
blew up out of all proportion
blown up out of all proportion
laid it on with a shovel
laid on
lay on
made a production out of
drew the longbow
drawn the longbow
made a mountain out of a molehill
shot a line
cooked up
blew out of proportion
blown out of proportion
went to extremes
gone to extremes
loud talked
piled it on about
prettied up
laid it on thick about
bigged up
big upped
made a drama out of a crisis
laid it on with a trowel about
played up
overembellished
enhanced
blown up
blew up
made federal case
made a big thing out of
spread on thick
overdramatized
overused
belaboured
UK
piled on
carried
gilded
varnished
gilt
overreached
overtaxed
belabored
US
overworked
pressured
camped up
overrated
overloaded
overwrought
fatigued
overburdened
hyped
overtired
overindulged
enlarged on
yeasted
touched up
distended
fleshed out
overelaborated
made a thing about
pulled the longbow
made a thing of
strained yourself
talked big
run riot
jazzed up
added detail to
gingered up
added flesh to
made a production of
made a big thing about
laid it on
exaggerated information
dressed up
emphasized too much
run into the ground
magnified importance
made a big deal out of something
went overboard with
done to death
did to death
gone overboard with
went into detail about
gone into detail about
hamming up
hammed up
drawn the long bow
drew the long bow
drove oneself
gone overboard
ran riot
driven oneself
worn down
wore down
went overboard
wore yourself out
went too far
worn yourself out
gone too far
ran into the ground
bitten off too much
bit off too much
hammed it up
overacted
melodramatized
chewed the scenery
hammed
augmented
accentuated
stressed
labored
US
laboured
UK
strained
mugged
overdid it
overdone it
dwelled on
pointed up
harped on
emoted
attached too much importance to
attached too much weight to
burlesqued
acted
maximized
US
overpraised
spun
maximised
UK
spread
expanded on
puffed up
underlined
torn a cat
tore a cat
filled out
highlighted
impressed
overstated the case
expounded on
placed too much emphasis on
harped on about
laid too much emphasis on
theatricalized
chewed up the scenery
travestied
promoted
acclaimed
praised
applauded
increased
sensationalized
US
overcalculated
stretched a point
bended
bent
advanced
accented
detailed
expounded
swelled
extended
pumped up
interlarded
span
play-acted
escalated
evolved
developt
developed
crammed
tragedized
widened
executed
bloated
showed
ballooned
sensationalised
UK
filled
performed
surcharged
presented
produced
enacted
playacted
staged
splashed
explicated
labored at
got carried away
overplayed it
beefed up
swelled up
made much of
made a mountain out of
overcharged
made a performance of
played to the gallery
played to gallery
played on heartstrings
expressed emotion
camped it up
laid too much stress on
soft-soaped
made a song and dance about
made a fuss
paid extravagant compliments
sweet-talked
embellished the truth
made something out of nothing
went on about
gone on about
drove home
driven home
gone on
laid on with a trowel
went on
swoll
swollen
shown
blew up out of proportion
blown up out of proportion
gave details
given details
drove up
went up
driven up
swollen up
gone up
overwritten
overwrote
given color to
gave color to
allowed too much for
given substance to
gave substance to
gave fulsome praise
given fulsome praise
gone over the top about
went on and on about
gone on and on about
went over the top about
gave someone a sob story
given someone a sob story
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to blow upon, as with a fan or wings
winnowed
fanned
blew
blown
stirred
Verb
▲
Past tense for to blow in gusts
gusted
blasted
blew
blown
blustered
flurried
roared
squalled
eddied
billowed
swirled
whirled
spun
swished
wound
surged
rushed
streamed
twisted
spurted
churned
winded
seethed
boiled
squirted
flowed
sod
sodden
span
wafted
breezed
whooshed
stormed
exhaled
Verb
▲
Past tense for give a false or misleading account of the nature of
misrepresented
distorted
garbled
misstated
perverted
belied
falsified
misinterpreted
warped
disguised
fudged
misreported
twisted
misquoted
bent
bended
colored
US
coloured
UK
cooked
misrelated
parodied
slanted
strained
concealed
manipulated
travestied
adulterated
angled
bearded
biased
US
biassed
UK
blarneyed
cheesed
cloaked
conned
confused
dressed
drest
embellished
embroidered
equivocated
exaggerated
lied
lay
laid
mangled
masked
miscolored
overdrew
overdrawn
overstated
paltered
pirated
prevaricated
promoted
skewed
snowed
snew
snown
stretched
straught
quoted out of context
took out of context
taken out of context
blew smoke
blown smoke
built up
covered up
gave a false account of
given a false account of
gave a false idea of
given a false idea of
passed off
put a spin on
trumped up
Verb
▲
(
of a theory or suggestion
)
Past tense for to put forward
advanced
presented
declared
posed
proffered
put forward
advocated
aired
expounded
introduced
proposed
propositioned
stated
alleged
broached
cited
exhibited
exhorted
expressed
imparted
offered
pitched
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Past tense for to pass or cause to pass gently through the air
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