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Synonyms for puffing up
noun appreciation given

gratitude
attention
acknowledgment
acceptance
credit

esteem
approval
honor
notice
plum

regard
greeting
renown
rave
puff

salute
strokes
pat on back
pat on head
pumping up

Antonyms for puffing up

disregard
refusal
disbelief
disapproval

dishonor
disrespect
ill repute
ignorance

forgetfulness
disclaimer
neglect
abuse

Synonyms
verb give approval

applaud
laud
hail
extol
root
eulogize
celebrate

stroke
commend
exalt
cheer
boost
rave
compliment

praise
recommend
push
approve
honor
clap
salute

blow horn
give a bouquet
give a posy
give kudos
hand it to
hear it for
puff up

Antonyms

blame
condemn
censure
disapprove
refuse

denounce
dissuade
reproach
berate
damn

dishonor
vituperate
criticize
discourage

Synonyms
verb surge

undulate
bloat
bulge
roll
balloon

rock
bounce
wave
toss
belly

pitch
ripple
heave
swell
ebb and flow

puff up
rise and fall
rise up

Antonyms

stabilize

shrink

Synonyms
verb blow up like a balloon

inflate
swell
distend

dilate
balloon
bilge

enlarge
belly
billow

expand
puff up

Antonyms

compress
lessen
abridge
shrivel

tighten
contract
shrink
reduce

lower
deflate

Synonyms
verb inflate

fill
billow
bloat

distend
enlarge
expand

inflate
swell
puff up

pump up

Antonyms

shrivel
ignore
deflate

let out
shrink
let go

be calm

Synonyms
verb recommend, praise

applaud
hail
laud
endorse
approve
extol
compliment

acclaim
support
advocate
countenance
stroke
build
sanction

boost
eulogize
accredit
build up
pat on the back
give a posy
gold star

hand it to
hats off to
hear it for
kudize
puff up
speak highly of

Antonyms

blame
censure
disapprove
reject
refuse

deny
decrease
prevent
rebuke
reprimand

criticize
oppose
discourage
keep

Synonyms
verb praise, flatter

congratulate
applaud
laud
commend
cajole
endorse
extol
toast
satisfy
glorify
magnify
felicitate

eulogize
sanction
please
hail
worship
soothe
exalt
cheer
acclaim
charm
celebrate
recommend

commemorate
adulate
honor
salute
butter up
pat on the back
panegyrize
fawn upon
give bouquet
hand it to
ingratiate oneself with
kudize

make much of
pay respects
pay tribute to
puff up
roose
sing praises of
speak highly of
take off hat to
trade last
wish joy to

Antonyms

blame
censure
disapprove
anger
dissuade
castigate
condemn
humiliate
shame

refuse
displease
worry
dishonor
denounce
complain
insult
libel
slander

criticize
repel
upset
debase
depress
disrespect
discourage
forget
neglect

Synonyms
verb extend, augment

bolster
widen
broaden
swell
enlarge
increase
spread
develop
open
grow
thicken
pyramid
lengthen
unfurl

protract
distend
magnify
dilate
stretch
detail
prolong
unroll
pad
wax
unravel
inflate
mushroom
embellish

unfold
multiply
heighten
diffuse
amplify
bloat
hike
elaborate
burgeon
explicate
fatten
mount
aggrandize
beef up

blow up
fill out
upsurge
piggyback
bulk up
fan out
open out
outspread
puff up
slap on
soup up
spread out
stretch out
tack on

Antonyms

hinder
narrow
restrict
decrease
compress
lessen
hide
thin
shorten

curtail
withhold
simplify
tangle
shrivel
abridge
shrink
diminish
reduce

close
halt
end
stop
abbreviate
contract
deflate
fall
lower

Synonyms
verb sing the praises of

glorify
applaud
eulogize
laud
commend
exalt
acclaim

praise
celebrate
hymn
magnify
root
bless
rave

stroke
push
boost
panegyrize
brag about
cry up
give a boost to

givea bouquet
hand it to
hats off to
hear it for
make much of
pay tribute to
puff up

Antonyms

castigate
condemn
humiliate
blame

censure
disapprove
denounce
decrease

criticize
debase
discourage

Synonyms
verb to put in and occupy the whole of

load
lade
clog
crowd
supply
swell
saturate
block
permeate
stuff
store
close
cram

overflow
top
furnish
pack
satisfy
impregnate
glut
ram
replenish
shoal
distend
stretch
charge

pervade
sate
inflate
stock
satiate
congest
heap
fulfill
gorge
plug
stopper
choke
meet

blow up
take up
jam-pack
overspread
brim over
bulge out
pack like sardines
puff up
pump up
ram in
top off

Antonyms

unblock
release
dissatisfy
deplete
abstain
diet
fast
compress
deprive

empty
use
open
unstop
fail
use up
waste
contract
deflate

shrink
miss
drain
exhaust
spend
take
void

Synonyms
verb blow up, increase

widen
magnify
augment
bloat
escalate
exaggerate
enlarge
pad

boost
expand
distend
pyramid
raise
aerate
dilate
stretch

balloon
exalt
spread
cram
surcharge
aggrandize
amplify
beef up

build up
overestimate
maximize
flesh out
puff up
pump up
swell up

Antonyms

decrease
lessen
weaken
play down
abridge

compress
diminish
shrink
lower
reduce

contract
depress
debase
deflate
let air out

Synonyms
verb exaggerate, blow out of proportion

enhance
inflate
aggravate
overstate
overrate
pyramid

color
fudge
dramatize
overdo
embellish
pad

overcharge
overplay
boost
embroider
blow up
overestimate

overdraw
overemphasize
overstress
make mountain of molehill
puff up

Antonyms

simplify
decrease
lessen

weaken
play down
diminish

miniaturize

Synonyms
verb take pleasure in accomplishment

congratulate
swell
exult
boast
crow
plume

strut
pique
felicitate
vaunt
brag
prance

presume
swagger
gasconade
preen
overbear
be proud

flatter oneself
glory in
hold head high
puff up
revel in

Antonyms

deprecate

humble

be modest

Synonyms
verb become larger

bloat
bulge
balloon
rise
enlarge
add to
surge
increase
mount
accumulate
fatten

grow
expand
blister
distend
extend
aggravate
enhance
augment
dilate
pout
pouch

uprise
intensity
belly
billow
protrude
puff
plump
heighten
amplify
fill out
tumefy

be inflated
become bloated
become distended
become swollen
grow larger
puff up
round out
well up

Antonyms

decrease
lessen
slump
abridge
condense
curtail

shorten
compress
shrink
lower
decline
drop

fall
diminish
reduce
lose
contract
concentrate

Synonyms
verb pride

felicitate
congratulate
swagger
exult
boast
crow

gasconade
preen
pique
brag
prance
presume

strut
swell
vaunt
overbear
be proud
flatter oneself

glory in
hold head high
puff up
revel in

Antonyms

deprecate

be modest