bouffant
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Definition
Adjective:
- Puffed out; full and rounded: Describes hair or clothing that is styled to have a voluminous, rounded, and somewhat inflated appearance.
Noun:
- A hairstyle characterized by fullness and height: Specifically refers to a woman's hairstyle where the hair is styled to stand out from the head in a rounded, puffy shape.
Usage Examples
Adjective:
- She wore a bouffant gown to the ball, its skirt billowing around her.
- The stylist created a bouffant effect with her hair for the vintage-themed party.
Noun:
- Her bouffant was perfectly coiffed, a signature look of the 1960s.
- The actress sported an elegant bouffant on the red carpet.
Advanced Usage
- "bouffant sleeve": A type of sleeve that is very full and puffed out, often gathered at the shoulder or cuff.
- The wedding dress featured delicate lace on its bouffant sleeves.
Variants and Related Words
- Bouffancy (noun, rare): The quality or state of being bouffant; fullness.
- The bouffancy of the skirt was achieved with multiple layers of tulle.
Synonyms
- Adjective: puffy, full, voluminous, billowing, inflated.
- Noun: beehive (a specific, taller type of bouffant hairstyle), big hair.
Antonyms
- Adjective: flat, sleek, smooth, close-cropped.
- Noun: pixie cut, bob (as hairstyle types).
Adjective
- being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing
- a bouffant skirt
Noun
- a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance