swollen

swollen
Synonyms and related words:
SRO, accelerated, adipose, aggrandized, amplified, augmented, aureate, beefed-up, beefy, bellied, big, big-bellied, bloated, bloated with pride, blown up, blowzy, bombastic, boosted, bosomy, brawny, brimful, brimming, broadened, bug-eyed, bulged, bulging, burly, bursting, buxom, capacity, chock-full, choked, chubby, chuck-full, chunky, congested, corpulent, cram-full, crammed, crowded, deepened, dilated, distended, drenched, dropsical, dumpy, edematous, elated, elevated, enchymatous, enhanced, enlarged, euphuistic, exophthalmic, expanded, extended, extravagant, farci, fat, fattish, filled, filled to overflowing, flatulent, fleshy, flowery, flush, flushed, flushed with pride, formal, full, full to bursting, fustian, gassy, glutted, goggle, goggled, gorged, grandiloquent, gross, heavyset, hefty, heightened, high-flown, high-swelling, highfalutin, highfaluting, hiked, hippy, hyperemic, hypertrophied, imposing, in spate, incrassate, increased, inflated, intensified, jam-packed, jammed, jazzed up, lusty, magnified, magniloquent, meaty, mouthy, multiplied, obese, outsized, overblown, overburdened, overcharged, overfed, overflowing, overfraught, overfreighted, overfull, overladen, overloaded, oversized, overstocked, overstuffed, oversupplied, overweight, overweighted, packed, packed like sardines, paunchy, plenary, plethoric, plump, podgy, pompous, pontifical, popeyed, portly, potbellied, pouched, pretentious, proliferated, proud, pudgy, puffed up, puffy, pursy, raised, ready to burst, reinforced, replete, roly-poly, rotund, round, running over, satiated, saturated, self-important, soaked, solemn, spread, square, squat, squatty, stalwart, standing room only, stiffened, stilted, stocky, stout, strapping, strengthened, stuffed, stuffed up, stuffy, supercharged, supersaturated, surcharged, surfeited, swelled, swelling, tall, thick-bodied, thickset, tightened, top-heavy, topful, tubby, tumescent, tumid, tumorous, turgescent, turgid, ventose, ventricose, well-fed, widened, windy|

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Swollen — Swoll en, a. Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swollen — Swoll en, p. p. of {Swell}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swollen — index full, fustian, inflated (enlarged), orotund, pretentious (pompous), proud (conceited) …   Law dictionary

  • swollen — early 14c., pp. of SWELL (Cf. swell) (v.); from O.E. geswollen, pp. of swellan …   Etymology dictionary

  • swollen — [adj] enlarged bloated, bulgy, distended, distent, inflamed, inflated, puffed, puffy, tumescent, tumid; concept 485 Ant. compressed, contracted, shrunken …   New thesaurus

  • swollen — [swōl′ən] vi., vt. alt. pp. of SWELL adj. increased in volume or size, as from inner pressure; blown up; distended; bulging …   English World dictionary

  • swollen — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, get ▪ Her legs got swollen from standing up all day. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

  • swollen — swol|len1 [ˈswəulən US ˈswou ] the past participle of ↑swell 1 swollen 2 swollen2 adj 1.) a part of your body that is swollen is bigger than usual, especially because you are ill or injured ▪ swollen glands ▪ a badly swollen ankle ▪ His eyes were …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • swollen — swol|len1 [ swoulən ] adjective * 1. ) an area of your body that is swollen has increased in size as a result of an injury or illness: Their eyes were red and swollen from the smoke. a swollen hand/knee/foot 2. ) a swollen river or stream… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • swollen — 1 the past participle of swell 1 2 adjective 1 a part of your body that is swollen is bigger than usual because of illness or injury: He bandaged his swollen ankle. 2 a river that is swollen has more water in it than usual 3 have a swollen… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • swollen — [[t]swo͟ʊl(ə)n[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If a part of your body is swollen, it is larger and rounder than normal, usually as a result of injury or illness. My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see. 2) ADJ GRADED A swollen river has more water in it… …   English dictionary

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