swollen

(swō'lən)
v.
A past participle of swell.

adj.

1. Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended: a swollen toe.
2. Overblown; bombastic: swollen rhetoric.

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adjective

Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

adj

Definition: enlarged
Antonyms: compressed, contracted, shrunken

sign description: One clawed hand moves up off the arm.

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For a list of words related to swollen, see:

• Large, tall, or fat
• Sickly, out of shape, dull, or weak
• Ugly, unattractive, or malformed

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hævet, ophovnet, bullen, svullen, opsvulmet, oppustet, opblæst

idioms:

• swollen head    bullent hoved; tømmermænd

Nederlands (Dutch)
gezwollen, dik, opgezet

Français (French)
adj. - enflé, gonflé, en crue

idioms:

• swollen head    (avoir) la grosse tête

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geschwollen

idioms:

• swollen head    Einbildung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρησμένος, φουσκωμένος

Italiano (Italian)
gonfio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inchado

Русский (Russian)
раздутый, опухший, разросшийся, непомерно высокий (о ценах), чванливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - hinchado, tumefacto

idioms:

• swollen head    presumido, vanidoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - svullen, uppsvälld, högt uppdriven, uppblåst, mallig, bombastisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
膨胀的, 涨起的, 浮肿的, 浮夸的

idioms:

• swollen head    自鸣得意

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 膨脹的, 漲起的, 浮腫的, 浮誇的

idioms:

• swollen head    自鳴得意

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부푼, 팽창한, 과장된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ふくれた, 誇張した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متورم , متضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נפוח, מנופח, יהיר‬

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