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All dropsical synonyms

drop·si·cal
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adj dropsical

  • bloated — If someone's body or a part of their body is bloated, it is much larger than normal, usually because it has a lot of liquid or gas inside it.
  • swollen — a past participle of swell.
  • overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
  • grown — advanced in growth: a grown boy.
  • diffuse — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
  • spread — to draw, stretch, or open out, especially over a flat surface, as something rolled or folded (often followed by out).
  • puffed — a short, quick blast, as of wind or breath.
  • ranting — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
  • distended — increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
  • filled — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
  • stretched — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
  • augmented — (of an interval) increased or expanded from the state of being perfect or major by the raising of the higher note or the dropping of the lower note by one semitone
  • aureate — covered with gold; gilded
  • bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
  • flatulent — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
  • flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
  • fustian — a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
  • ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
  • pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
  • pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
  • prolix — extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.
  • rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • showy — making an imposing display: showy flowers.
  • tumescent — swelling; slightly tumid.
  • tumid — swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
  • turgid — swollen; distended; tumid.
  • verbose — characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
  • windy — accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
  • wordy — characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
  • pumped up — an apparatus or machine for raising, driving, exhausting, or compressing fluids or gases by means of a piston, plunger, or set of rotating vanes.
  • rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.

adjective dropsical

  • aggrandized — Simple past tense and past participle of aggrandize.
  • amplified — Simple past tense and past participle of amplify.
  • dilated — Simple past tense and past participle of dilate.
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