Tumescent

//tuˈmɛsənt//

Synonyms for "tumescent" (33 found)

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Closest matches (7)

bellied bombastic bug eyed flatulent fustian

Adjective(2 words)

bloated distended

Strong matches (10)

gassy goggle goggled inflated intumescent mouthy overblown popeyed protuberant

Adjective(1 words)

intumescent

Related words (16)

Adjective(4 words)

puffy swollen tumid turgid

rhetorical swelling swollen tumid tumorous turgescent turgid windy

Adjective(4 words)

stiff tumid turgescent turgid

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4 relation types

Synonyms

7 entries

inflated intumescent overblown swollen tumid turgescent turgid

Related terms

3 entries

contumely tumor tumult

related to

9 entries

distended erectile fluid inflated overblown swollen tissue tumefy tumescence

similar

1 entries

unhealthy

Translations

5 translations across 4 languages.

Catalan

1 entries

tumescent adj (swollen or distended with fluid)

German

1 entries

anschwellend adj (swollen or distended with fluid)

Māori

1 entries

uruumu adj (swollen or distended with fluid)

Portuguese

2 entries

intumescente adj (swollen or distended with fluid)
tumescente adj (swollen or distended with fluid)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably.

Source: wiktionary

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