Swollen

//ˈswoʊ.lən// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of swell form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

    "swollen ankle"

Adjective
  1. 1
    abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance wordnet

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acceleratedadiposeaggrandizedampleamplifiedaugmented

Example

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"Your feet are swollen because your shoes are too small."

Etymology

From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).

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