Textual thesaurus for "puff up"

(verb) blow up, puff, puff out

to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

puffed out chests

(verb) puff

praise extravagantly

The critics puffed up this Broadway production

(verb) swell

become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger

The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son