swollen

UK /ˈswəʊ.lən/ · US /ˈswoʊ.lən/

Etymology From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).

Synonyms

boln, bulging, bulled, distended, extuberant, farced, nodose, puffed, protuberant, swollen, tumid, turgid

Antonyms

contracted, deflated, nonswollen, shrunken, shrivelled, tabid, unswollen, wizened

Derived terms

forswollen, nonswollen, overswollen, preswollen, swollen assets theory, swollen-headed, swollenly, swollenness, unswollen

Hypernyms

enlarged, hypertrophied

Hyponyms

ampullaceous, bee-stung, gouted, hyperswollen, strut, turgescent, begrutten, blubbered, bloated, inflated, tumescent, dropsical, edematous, gourdy, oedematous