All swollen synonyms
swol·len
S s adjective swollen
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- wedged — having the shape of a wedge.
- egotistic — Egotistical.
- enlarged — Simple past tense and past participle of enlarge.
- obsessive — being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
- caricatured — Simple past tense and past participle of caricature.
- jammed — to press, squeeze, or wedge tightly between bodies or surfaces, so that motion or extrication is made difficult or impossible: The ship was jammed between two rocks.
- overestimated — Simple past tense and past participle of overestimate.
- arthritic — Arthritic is used to describe the condition, the pain, or the symptoms of arthritis.
- engorged — Simple past tense and past participle of engorge.
- whalelike — Resembling a whale or some aspect of one.
adj swollen
- inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- inner-directed — guided by internalized values rather than external pressures.
- distent — distended.
- billowy — full of or forming billows
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
- intumescent — a swelling up, as with congestion.
- flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
- 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.
- fat — File Allocation Table
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- bulgy — having a bulge or bulges
- dropsical — of, like, or affected with dropsy.
- flatulent — generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.
- butterball — a chubby or fat person
- inflamed — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
- distended — increased, as in size, volume, etc.; expanded; dilated: the distended nostrils of the terrified horse.
verb swollen
- whaling — the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
- flab — flabby flesh; unwanted fat: Daily exercise will get rid of the flab around your waist.
- fatted — having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
- flabs — flabby flesh; unwanted fat: Daily exercise will get rid of the flab around your waist.
- flitch — the side of a hog (or, formerly, some other animal) salted and cured: a flitch of bacon.
- blub — If someone blubs, they cry because they are unhappy or frightened.
- blubber — Blubber is the fat of whales, seals, and similar sea animals.