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What is the adjective for puff?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb puff which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

puffed
  1. Inflated or swollen.
  2. Consisting of a puff.
  3. (of cereals) Expanded by the use of steam.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. bloated, distended, swollen, tumescent, tumid, inflated, overinflated, varicose, varicosed, enlarged, turgid, blown, bulging, puffy, puffed up, turgescent, dilated, expanded, engorged, protuberant, ballooning, blown up, stretched, oedematous, prominent, bulbous, tumefied, dropsical, ventricose, distent, bulgy, blown-up, pumped up, puffed out, pumped out, exaggerated, swelled, congested, wafted, extended, full, stuffed, ballooned, stuffy, intumescent, in spate, in flood, sticking out, swollen up, ballooning up … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “The puffed balloon grew larger and larger until it burst.”
      “We started jogging and after the first one, he was puffed out.”
      “The puffed businessman walked into the room, acting as if he was the only person worth acknowledging.”
puffy
  1. Of or pertaining to puffs or puffiness; being pillow-like, exhibiting swelling, inflated.
  2. Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. swollen, distended, bloated, enlarged, inflated, tumid, tumescent, bulging, blown, dilated, expanded, engorged, turgescent, inflamed, oedematous, bulbous, full, tumefied, ventricose, baggy, bulgy, distent, billowy, puffed up, overinflated, varicosed, varicose, turgid, puffed, protuberant, ballooning, blown up, blown-up, stretched, prominent, dropsical, pumped up, puffed out, pumped out, puffed-up, swelled, congested, filled, extended, stuffed, ballooned, stuffy, intumescent, in spate, in flood … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Her face was fat and puffy and her piggy eyes were enveloped by her cheeks.”
      “When the hairstylists showed up to do all the girls' hair they removed her weave and left her hair in this afro-ish, puffy look.”
      “The men's beards, be they puffy, pointy or kinky, provide visual balance to their outsize Afros.”
puffed
  1. (informal) Synonym of puffed out (panting from exercise)
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bloated, distended, swollen, tumescent, tumid, inflated, overinflated, varicose, varicosed, enlarged, turgid, blown, bulging, puffy, puffed up, turgescent, dilated, expanded, engorged, protuberant, ballooning, blown up, stretched, oedematous, prominent, bulbous, tumefied, dropsical, ventricose, distent, bulgy, blown-up, pumped up, puffed out, pumped out, exaggerated, swelled, congested, wafted, extended, full, stuffed, ballooned, stuffy, intumescent, in spate, in flood, sticking out, swollen up, ballooning up … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The puffed balloon grew larger and larger until it burst.”
      “We started jogging and after the first one, he was puffed out.”
      “The puffed businessman walked into the room, acting as if he was the only person worth acknowledging.”
puffingly
  1. In a puffing manner.
puffable
  1. Capable of being puffed.
puffless
  1. Without any puff.
puffier
  1. comparative form of puffy: more puffy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fuller, baggier, bulgier, billowier, more swollen, more distended, more bloated, more inflated, more tumid, more tumescent, more engorged, more turgescent, more inflamed, more oedematous, more bulbous, more ventricose, more distent, more puffed up, more overinflated, more turgid, more puffed, more protuberant, more prominent, more dropsical, more pumped up, more puffed out, more extended, more stuffed, more intumescent, stuffier, more edematous, more oedematic, more convex, more aerated, more pumped-up, more protrusive, more gibbous, more exaggerated, more excrescent, more obtrusive, more outjutting, more ovoid, more pear-shaped, prouder, more grown, more flatulent, more salient, more magnified, more humped, more augmented … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “His shirt was white and puffier in the sleeves, buttoned with silver cufflinks.”
      “Even the tandoor-baked naan breads seem puffier and airier than most.”
puffiest
  1. superlative form of puffy: most puffy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fullest, baggiest, bulgiest, billowiest, most swollen, most distended, most bloated, most inflated, most tumid, most tumescent, most engorged, most turgescent, most inflamed, most oedematous, most bulbous, most ventricose, most distent, most puffed up, most overinflated, most turgid, most puffed, most protuberant, most prominent, most dropsical, most pumped up, most puffed out, most extended, most stuffed, most intumescent, stuffiest, most edematous, most oedematic, most convex, most aerated, most pumped-up, most protrusive, most gibbous, most exaggerated, most excrescent, most obtrusive, most outjutting, most ovoid, most pear-shaped, proudest, most grown, most flatulent, most salient, most magnified, most humped, most augmented … more
puffing
  1. present participle of puff
  2. (US) Leaving a car engine running unattended, especially in cold weather to warm it up.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. panting, blowing, gasping, breathing, huffing, wheezing, drawing, exhaling, heaving, hyperventilating, inhaling, dragging, gulping, whiffing, breathing heavily, gasp for breath, huffing and puffing, puffing and pant, breathing out, fighting for breath, sucking in air, breathing loudly, breathing quickly, breathing rapidly, puffing and blow, snorting, inspiring, breathing hard, respiring, expiring, sniffing, gasping for air, catching one's breath, breathing in, drawing in, rasping, sighing, whistling, snoring, coughing, suspiring, insufflating, catching your breath, gagging, struggling for air, drawing in breath, overbreathing, chuffing, winding, rattling … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The exhausted runner crossed the finish line, puffing heavily and desperate for water.”
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