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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being puffy. countable, uncountable

   "The puffiness under her eyes made her look older than she really was."

2. 2
   lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity wordnet
3. 3
   an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bloatdiastoledilationdistensiondropsyedema

Example

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"The puffiness under her eyes made her look older than she really was."

Etymology

From puffy + -ness.

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