swollen

swollen /'swoulən/
  • động tính từ quá khứ của swell
  • tính từ
    • sưng phồng, phình ra, căng ra
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Xem thêm: bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid, distended, conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, vain, flooding, in flood(p), overflowing, crestless wave, dandy, dude, fop, gallant, sheik, beau, fashion plate, clotheshorse, puff up, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce, well up, well, bang-up, bully, corking, cracking, dandy, great, groovy, keen, neat, nifty, not bad(p), peachy, slap-up, smashing



swollen

Từ điển Collocation

swollen adj.

VERBS be, feel, look, seem | become, get Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day. | remain

ADV. badly, grossly, hideously, horribly, very His ankle is bruised and quite badly swollen. Her face was still horribly swollen. | all Her eyes were all red and swollen from crying. | a bit, quite, rather, slightly

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid

    hungry children with bloated stomachs

    he had a grossly distended stomach

    eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids

    swollen hands

    tumescent tissue

    puffy tumid flesh

  • abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); distended

    distended wineskins

    the need to clean out swollen inventories

    the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked

    huge blood-swollen mosquitoes

  • characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen-headed, vain

    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

  • overfull with water; flooding, in flood(p), overflowing

    swollen rivers and creeks

    v.

  • increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity

    The music swelled to a crescendo

  • become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger; puff up

    The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son

  • expand abnormally; swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

    The bellies of the starving children are swelling

  • come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things); well up

    Strong emotions welled up

    Smoke swelled from it

  • come up, as of a liquid; well

    Tears well in her eyes

    the currents well up

  • cause to become swollen

    The water swells the wood

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: bloated conceited distended egotistic egotistical flooding in flood(p) intumescent overflowing puffed puffy self-conceited swollen-headed tumescent tumid turgid vainswells|sweller|swellest|swelled|swelling|swollen
syn.: amplify billow broaden bulge enlarge expand gain good increase inflate magnify stretch
ant.: shrink