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Defenition of the word swollen

    • Defenition of the word swollen

      • Characteristic of false pride.
      • 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"
      • 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 more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
      • 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"
      • overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"
      • 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"
      • 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
      • characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

    Synonyms for the word swollen

      • bloated
      • blown up
      • conceited
      • distended
      • egotistic
      • egotistical
      • engorged
      • enlarged
      • flooding
      • in flood
      • inflamed
      • inflated
      • overflowing
      • puffed
      • puffed-up
      • puffy
      • self-conceited
      • swollen-headed
      • tumescent
      • tumid
      • vain

    Similar words in the swollen

      • expanded
      • high
      • proud
      • swollen
      • unhealthy

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