Definition of Swollen in English :

Define Swollen in English

Swollen meaning in English

Meaning of Swollen in English

Pronunciation of Swollen in English

Swollen pronunciation in English

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Swollen

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Adjective

1. conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain

characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Swollen

see synonyms of swollen
verb
1.  a past participle of swell
adjective
2. 
tumid or enlarged by or as if by swelling
3. 
turgid or bombastic

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Swollen

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verb intransitive, verb transitive
1.  alt. pp. of
swell
adjective
2. 
increased in volume or size, as from inner pressure; blown up; distended; bulging

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Swollen

see synonyms of swollen
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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