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Definition: Puffiness |
PuffinessNoun1. Abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: PuffinessSynonyms: lump (n), swelling (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Expansion | Noun: expansion; increase; of size; enlargement, extension, augmentation; amplification, ampliation; aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction; turgescence, turgidness, turgidity; dispansion; obesity; (size); hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus; dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension; puffing, puffiness; inflation; pandiculation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Check with your doctor or nurse if you notice swelling or puffiness in your face, hands, feet, or abdomen. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Puffiness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Puffiness" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 9 | 117,287 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
eye puffiness | 23 |
under eye puffiness | 16 |
puffiness under eyes | 6 |
undereye puffiness | 6 |
puffiness | 3 |
reduce eye puffiness | 3 |
facial puffiness | 2 |
eyes puffiness | 2 |
bag eliminate eye natural puffiness under ways | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "puffiness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إنتفاخ (bulge, distention, swell, swelling, tumescence). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подпухналост (turgidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gonflement, boursouflure (chromosomal puff, puff), bouffissure. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Geschwollenheit (turgidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | οίηση (conceit, priggishness, self-conceit, stuffiness), δύσπνοια (breathlessness, pursiness, short-windedness, wheeziness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תפיחות (swelling, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | puffadtság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | attys (orgasm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uffinesspay одутловатость. (various references) podbulost. (various references) hinchazón (flatulence, flatulency, lump, puff, swelling), ampulosidad (bombast). (various references) süslülük, kabartı (blotch, bulging, exanthema, protuberance, puff, pustule, raise, swelling, tumefaction, whelk), şişlik (blain, boss, chilblain, intumescence, protuberance, proud flesh, puff, rising, swelling, thickening, turgescence), şişkinlik (bulge, inflation, intumescence, surfeit, swell, swelling, tumescence, tumidity, turgidness), aşırı süs (fandangle). (various references) одутлість, набряклість. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "puffiness": puffinesses. (additional references) | |
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"Puffiness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: puffies, puffings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "puffiness" (pronounced 'Puff"i*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-f-i-n-p-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: infuses, puffins, puisnes, supines. | |
-3 letters: infuse, puffin, puisne, sniffs, snipes, snuffs, spiffs, spines, supine. | |
-4 letters: fiefs, fifes, fines, fuses, issue, neifs, nisus, peins, penis, pines, puffs, puses, seifs, sines, sinus, sipes, sniff, snipe, snips, snuff, spies, spiff, spine, spins, spues, supes. | |
-5 letters: effs, fens, fess, feus, fief, fife, fine, fins, funs, fuse, fuss, neif. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-f-i-n-p-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: puffinesses. | |
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