puffy
adjective/ˈpʌfi/
Frequency rank: #11,409 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
swollen or rounded in an inflated, soft way.
Example sentence
After crying for an hour, her eyes looked puffy and red.
Synonyms & related words
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