puffed-up

[ puhft-uhp ]

adjective

1. feeling self-important; arrogant; pompous.
2. swollen; puffy.

Example Sentences

"He got even more angry and puffed up a bit more and looked like he was actually going to chuck me in and my daughter," she said.

From BBC

I puffed up my cheeks as big as I could get them.

From Literature

Cat had been puffed up from anger, but Harriet’s words shrank her down to size.

From Literature

Davis puffed up his cheeks and blew the air out slowly.

From Los Angeles Times

When puffed up, they “created this really exaggerated shape, just incredibly curvaceous.”

From New York Times