Swollen

/ˈswoʊ.lən/

Synonyms for "swollen" (248 found)

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Closest matches (50)

Adjective(9 words)

distended anasarcous baggy bladdery bloated bulbous bulgier bulgy conceited

accelerated adipose aggrandized ample amplified augmented aureatebeefed upbeefed-up beefy bellied big big-bellied bloatedbloated with prideblown upblowzy bombastic boosted bosomy

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brawny brimful brimming broadenedbug eyedbug-eyed bulged bulging burly bursting buxom capacitychock fullchock-full choked chubby chuck-full chunky

Verb(2 words)

ballooned billowed

Noun(1 words)

bloating

Strong matches (74)

congested corpulent cram-full crammed crowded deepened dilated distended drenched dropsical dumpy edematous elated elevated enchymatous enhanced enlarged euphuistic exophthalmic expanded

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extended extravagant farci fat fattish filledfilled to overflowingflatulent fleshy flowery flush flushedflushed with prideformal fullfull to burstingfustian gassy glutted goggle goggled gorged grandiloquent gross heavyset hefty heightenedhigh flownhigh-flown high-swelling highfalutin highfaluting hiked hippy hyperemic hypertrophied imposingin spateincrassate increased inflamed inflated

Adjective(10 words)

congestive edematous egotistic egotistical engorged enlargedexcessive pridegrandiose inflamed inflated

Noun(1 words)

distending

Verb(1 words)

engorging

Related words (124)

intensifiedjam packedjam-packed jammedjazzed uplordly lusty magnified magniloquent meaty mouthy multiplied obese outsized overblown overburdened overcharged overfed overflowing overfraught

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overfreighted overfull overladen overloaded oversized overstocked overstuffed oversupplied overweight overweighted packedpacked like sardinespaunchy plenary plethoric plump podgy pompous pontifical popeyed portly potbellied pouched pretentious proliferated protuberant proud pudgypuffed uppuffy pursy raisedready to burstreinforced replete rhetoricalroly polyroly-poly rotund roundrunning oversatiated saturated self-important soaked solemn spread square squat squatty sro stalwartstanding room onlystiffened stilted stocky stout strapping strengthened stuffedstuffed upstuffy supercharged supersaturated surcharged surfeited swelled swelling tall thick-bodied thickset tightenedtop heavytop-heavy topful tubby tumescent tumid tumorous turgescent turgid ventose ventricosewell fedwell-fed widened windy

Adjective(11 words)

intumescent puffier puffiest puffy self-conceited swollen-headed tuberous tumescent tumid turgid vain

Noun(4 words)

plumper plumping swell swellest

Verb(2 words)

pooched puffed

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries

emotional statemedical conditionphysical conditionpsychological state

More specific

6 entries

distended edematous engorgedexcess pridegrandiose egoinflated ego

Collocations

6 entries

swollen anklesswollen eyesswollen glandsswollen lipsswollen lymph nodesswollen tissue

Inflections

2 entries

more swollenmost swollen

Derivations

2 entries

swell swelling

similar

2 entries

proud unhealthy

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Your feet are swollen because your shoes are too small.

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I drank too much. My face is swollen!

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I went to see the river, which I found greatly swollen.

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My gums are swollen.

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