Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A puffy or turgid character or state.
Wiktionary
- n. The state or quality of being puffy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being puffy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity
- n. an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement
Examples
“Does that mean Georgy Lucas’s puffiness is from this?”
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“Correct me if I’m wrong, but it appears most of puffiness is gone since he gave up his drug abuse.”
“The puffiness is the result of a more pervasive and accelerated decline in the elasticity and youthful color and texture of our skin.”
“On the side of Evelyn's head was a puffiness, and in the centre of the puffiness was a hollow into which she could have laid three fingers.”
More Than Human
“They provide warmth but do not have the "puffiness" that causes you grief when trying to use your fingers.”
“The child with a tendency toward food intolerances and environmental sensitivities often exhibits certain characteristics around the eyes, such as puffiness, dark circles, or creases below the eyes.”
“This is a time when nutritionists tell me they tend to get the most referrals: from anxious parents who worry about the 'puffiness' or chunkiness that can appear in formerly thin girls.”
“Q: I'm a 57-year-old man with "puffiness" below my eyes, which is unsightly.”
“I have a lot of frizz and 'puffiness' specifically in my bangs and I typically struggle to get my hair to calm down and lay flat.”
“puffiness' of the planet's atmosphere - how extended, how low-density it is, not necessarily the abundance of certain things.”
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