PUFFINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does puffiness mean? 

• PUFFINESS (noun)
  The noun PUFFINESS has 2 senses:

1. an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

2. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

  Familiarity information: PUFFINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUFFINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

lump; puffiness; swelling

Hypernyms ("puffiness" is a kind of...):

symptom ((medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease)

enlargement (the state of being enlarged)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "puffiness"):

spermatocele (a swelling on the epididymis or the testis; usually contains spermatozoa)

bloat (swelling of the rumen or intestinal tract of domestic animals caused by excessive gas)

bunion (a painful swelling of the bursa of the first joint of the big toe)

dropsy; edema; hydrops; oedema (swelling from excessive accumulation of watery fluid in cells, tissues, or serous cavities)

haematocele; haematocoele; hematocele; hematocoele (swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis))

intumescence; intumescency (swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion))

iridoncus (swelling of the iris of the eye)

lymphogranuloma (swelling of a lymph node)

oscheocele; oscheocoele (swelling of the scrotum)

tumidity; tumidness (slight swelling of an organ or part)

Derivation:

puffy (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inflation; ostentation; ostentatiousness; pomposity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness

Hypernyms ("puffiness" is a kind of...):

inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)