Swollen
/ˈswoʊ.lən/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of swell form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
"swollen ankle"
Adjective
- 1 abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas wordnet
- 2 characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance wordnet
Example
More examples"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”).