PUFFERIES Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word pufferies. (close relations)
puffery
Best Alternatives
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| self-praise | nounn | |||||
noun • speaking of yourself in superlatives | ||||||
| boasts | verb, nounv, n | |||||
noun • speaking of yourself in superlatives verb • show off • wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | ||||||
| braggings | nounn | |||||
noun • an instance of boastful talk adjective satellite • exhibiting self-importance | ||||||
| exaggerations | nounn | |||||
noun • extravagant exaggeration • the act of making something more noticeable than usual • making to seem more important than it really is | ||||||
| fabrications | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • writing in a fictional form • the act of making something (a product) from raw materials • the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||
| falsehoods | nounn | |||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||
| fictions | nounn | |||||
noun • a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact • a deliberately false or improbable account | ||||||
| flatteries | nounn | |||||
noun • excessive or insincere praise | ||||||
| inflations | ||||||
noun • a general and progressive increase in prices • (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang • lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity • the act of filling something with air | ||||||
| lies | nounn | |||||
noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) • position or manner in which something is situated verb • be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position • originate (in) • be and remain in a particular state or condition • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive • have a place in relation to something else • assume a reclining position | ||||||
| pretensions | nounn | |||||
noun • a false or unsupportable quality • the advancing of a claim • the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) | ||||||
