'Swollen' definitions:
Definition of 'swollen'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self- conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]
Definition of 'Swollen'
From: GCIDE
- Swell \Swell\, v. i. [imp. Swelled; p. p. Swelled or Swollen; p. pr. & vb. n. Swelling.] [AS. swellan; akin to D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella, Sw. sv[aum]lla.]
- 1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the legs swell in dropsy; a bruised part swells; a bladder swells by inflation. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To increase in size or extent by any addition; to increase in volume or force; as, a river swells, and overflows its banks; sounds swell or diminish. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be puffed up or bloated; as, to swell with pride. [1913 Webster]
- You swell at the tartan, as the bull is said to do at scarlet. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To protuberate; to bulge out; as, a cask swells in the middle. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To be elated; to rise arrogantly. [1913 Webster]
- Your equal mind yet swells not into state. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To grow upon the view; to become larger; to expand. "Monarchs to behold the swelling scene!" --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big. [1913 Webster]
- Here he comes, swelling like a turkey cock. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Swollen'
From: GCIDE
- Swollen \Swoll"en\, a. Enlarged by swelling; immoderately increased; as, swollen eyes; swollen streams. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'swollen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accelerated,
- adipose,
- aggrandized,
- amplified,
- augmented,
- aureate,
- beefed-up,
- beefy,
- bellied,
- big,
- big-bellied,
- bloated,
- bloated with pride,
- blown up,
- blowzy,
- bombastic,
- boosted,
- bosomy,
- brawny,
- brimful,
- brimming,
- broadened,
- bug-eyed,
- bulged,
- bulging,
- burly,
- bursting,
- buxom,
- capacity,
- chock-full,
- choked,
- chubby,
- chuck-full,
- chunky,
- congested,
- corpulent,
- cram-full,
- crammed,
- crowded,
- deepened,
- dilated,
- distended,
- drenched,
- dropsical,
- dumpy,
- edematous,
- elated,
- elevated,
- enchymatous,
- enhanced,
- enlarged,
- euphuistic,
- exophthalmic,
- expanded,
- extended,
- extravagant,
- farci,
- fat,
- fattish,
- filled,
- filled to overflowing,
- flatulent,
- fleshy,
- flowery,
- flush,
- flushed,
- flushed with pride,
- formal,
- full,
- full to bursting,
- fustian,
- gassy,
- glutted,
- goggle,
- goggled,
- gorged,
- grandiloquent,
- gross,
- heavyset,
- hefty,
- heightened,
- high-flown,
- high-swelling,
- highfalutin,
- highfaluting,
- hiked,
- hippy,
- hyperemic,
- hypertrophied,
- imposing,
- in spate,
- incrassate,
- increased,
- inflated,
- intensified,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- jazzed up,
- lusty,
- magnified,
- magniloquent,
- meaty,
- mouthy,
- multiplied,
- obese,
- outsized,
- overblown,
- overburdened,
- overcharged,
- overfed,
- overflowing,
- overfraught,
- overfreighted,
- overfull,
- overladen,
- overloaded,
- oversized,
- overstocked,
- overstuffed,
- oversupplied,
- overweight,
- overweighted,
- packed,
- packed like sardines,
- paunchy,
- plenary,
- plethoric,
- plump,
- podgy,
- pompous,
- pontifical,
- popeyed,
- portly,
- potbellied,
- pouched,
- pretentious,
- proliferated,
- proud,
- pudgy,
- puffed up,
- puffy,
- pursy,
- raised,
- ready to burst,
- reinforced,
- replete,
- roly-poly,
- rotund,
- round,
- running over,
- satiated,
- saturated,
- self-important,
- soaked,
- solemn,
- spread,
- square,
- squat,
- squatty,
- SRO,
- stalwart,
- standing room only,
- stiffened,
- stilted,
- stocky,
- stout,
- strapping,
- strengthened,
- stuffed,
- stuffed up,
- stuffy,
- supercharged,
- supersaturated,
- surcharged,
- surfeited,
- swelled,
- swelling,
- tall,
- thick-bodied,
- thickset,
- tightened,
- top-heavy,
- topful,
- tubby,
- tumescent,
- tumid,
- tumorous,
- turgescent,
- turgid,
- ventose,
- ventricose,
- well-fed,
- widened,
- windy