swollen

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swollen Definition

• (s) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
• (s) abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen'' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"
• (s) characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever mo
• (s) overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"

swollen Synonyms

• bloated
• conceited
• distended
• egotistic
• egotistical
• flooding
• in flood(p)
• overflowing
• puffed
• puffy
• self-conceited
• swollen
• swollen-headed
• tumescent
• tumid
• turgid
• vain