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puffed-up
[puhft-uhp]
adjective
feeling self-important; arrogant; pompous.
swollen; puffy.
Example Sentences
In footage filmed for the BBC by a local journalist in Gaza at one of the few remaining bakeries in the centre of the strip, a stream of hot puffed-up pitas roll out of an oven on a conveyor belt.
It’s a huge blow to his puffed-up brand.
In a way, that makes sense, given Ethan’s puffed-up prose.
The puffed-up MOFs held more ibuprofen or chemotherapy drug compared to the original version and had improved performance as a potential drug-delivery vehicle.
In laboratory experiments to characterize the MOF's drug-loading capability, the researchers observed that the puffed-up version took in more ibuprofen and 5-fluorouracil molecules than the chromium-containing framework with standard-sized pores.
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