puffery
puffery · pufferies
Paffen, Aufblasen, Pusten, Blasen
An act of puffingAn act of puffing.
/ˈpʌfəɹi/
» What you're saying is just puffery to feed my ego.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)An act of puffing.
Paffen, Aufblasen, Pusten
(countable, uncountable)Excessive or false public praise.
Schmeichlerei, Anpreisung, Marktschreierei
(countable, uncountable)Superficial or insubstantial material; fluff.
More definitions
- a flattering commendation (especially when used for promotional purposes)
Examples
1 sentencesWhat you're saying is just puffery to feed my ego.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
act of puffing:
fulsome public praise:
Forms
plural: pufferiesWord family
1 related wordsDerivedpuff piece
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.