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1Blown — Blown, p. p. & a. 1. Swollen; inflated; distended; puffed up, as cattle when gorged with green food which develops gas. [1913 Webster] 2. Stale; worthless. [1913 Webster] 3. Out of breath; tired; exhausted. Their horses much blown. Sir W. Scott.… …
2puffed up — Synonyms and related words: aggrandized, aggressively self confident, amplified, ballyhooed, biggety, bloated, bloated with pride, blown up, bumptious, chesty, cocky, conceited, dilated, disproportionate, distended, dropsical, edematous, elated,… …
3blown — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. buffeted, blasted, windblown, puffed, fluttered, flung, fanned, waved, flapped, whisked, whirled, flicked, wafted. Ant. quiet*, still, sucked in …
4blown — a. 1. Swollen, inflated, puffed up. 2. Stale, worthless, discredited, past its prime. 3. Out of breath, exhausted, fatigued, tired out …
5full-blown — adjective 1. fully ripe; at the height of bloom a full blown rose • Syn: ↑matured • Similar to: ↑mature 2. having or displaying all the characteristics necessary for completeness a full blown financial crisis …
6up|blown — «uhp BLOHN», adjective. blown up; inflated; puffed up …
7inflated — adj 1. distended, overdistended, dilated, Obs. sufflated; swollen, bloated, puffed out, blown, tumefied, puffy, ballooning; expanded, overexpanded, stretched, stretched out; increased, enlarged, extended, overextended. 2. escalated, stepped up,… …
8bloated — adj swollen, puffy, puffed out, puffed up, blown up, inflated, dilated, expanded, enlarged, full, stuffed FORMAL distended ≠ thin, shrunken, shrivelled …
9bloat — I. v. a. Swell, inflate, distend, dilate, puff up, blow up, make turgid. II. v. n. Swell, dilate, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid …
10puff — [[t]pʌ̱f[/t]] puffs, puffing, puffed 1) VERB If someone puffs at a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they smoke it. [V at/on n] He lit a cigar and puffed at it twice... [V at/on n] He nodded and puffed on a stubby pipe as he listened. [Also V n, V] …
