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SWOLLEN

Definition:

1. [adjective] abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
   Synonyms: bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid
   
   
2. [adjective] abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes"
   Synonyms: distended
   
   
3. [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"
   Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, -headed, vain
   
   
4. [adjective] overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks"
   Synonyms: flooding, in flood, overflowing
   
   

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