swollen

swol·len  (swln)

v.

A past participle of swell.

adj.

1. Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended: a swollen toe.

2. Overblown; bombastic: swollen rhetoric.

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swollen

Verb

a past participle of swell

Adjective

enlarged by swelling

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

swollen - 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" conceited, self-conceited, swollen-headed, vain, egotistic, egotistical proud - feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride; "proud parents"; "proud of his accomplishments"; "a proud moment"; "proud to serve his country"; "a proud name"; "proud princes"

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swollen

adjective enlarged, bloated, puffy, inflamed, puffed up, distended, tumescent, oedematous, dropsical, tumid, edematous

Translations

swollen [ˈswəulən] pp of swell

adj [ankle etc] → enflé(e)

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swollen [ˈswəulən] pp of swell

adj → geschwollen;

(lake etc) → angeschwollen

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swollen [ˈswəulən] pp of swell

adj [ankle etc] → gonfio/a

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swollen swell