swollen

[Swoll·en]

When something's swollen, it's puffed up, rounded, and misshapen. If you've sprained your ankle, it's likely to be swollen and may look more like a grapefruit than the body part you know and love.

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p. p. of Swell.

Adjective 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"

Adjective 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"

Adjective S.
overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"

Adjective 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



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p. p. of Swell.

a.
Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.


Swollen

Swoll"en , p. p. of Swell.

Swollen

Swoll"en, a. Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.

p. p. of Swell.

Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams.

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Usage Examples

Creation destroys as it goes, throws down one tree for the rise of another. But ideal mankind would abolish death, multiply itself million upon million, rear up city upon city, save every parasite alive, until the accumulation of mere existence is swollen to a horror.

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