puffed-up

[ puhft-uhp ]

adjective

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

Example Sentences

Afterward, you can actually see her young career flash before her eyes as she makes a kind of puffed up blowfish face.

From The Daily Beast

The winter air is rent with cries from thousands of puffed up lips, begging to be let in.

From The Daily Beast

Some came wrapped in what looked like puffed up fabric worms, with hair just as knotted and twisted.

From The Daily Beast

Neither author, for instance, subjected readers to puffed-up cartoon versions of themselves sporting a tricorn hat.

From The Daily Beast

Gingrich, puffed up with righteousness, went on the offensive.

From The Daily Beast

So Nicanor being puffed up with exceeding great pride, thought to set up a public monument of his victory over Judas.

From Project Gutenberg

One or two ran away and presently returned, followed by a lady Loon wearing huge, puffed-up rubber skirts.

From Project Gutenberg

One of these did not look like a ship at all, but like a low black box, from which the smoke puffed up in a thick cloud.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Sewer Rat puffed up his cheeks and gnashed his long, white teeth angrily.

From Project Gutenberg

He was so puffed up by these exploits that he wasn't a bit afraid of what might happen to him on the river.

From Project Gutenberg