Term Gallery logo

Meanings of swollen in English

Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance.

      Related terms

      Puffed.

          Related terms

          Flooding.

                Related terms
                Usage of swollen in English
                1
                Two rescue workers had also drowned in swollen rivers today, he added.
                The Irish Times
                2
                The sea was swollen and billowy; it made the Nautilus rock violently.
                Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
                3
                Hundreds of bodies remain buried in mud or floating in swollen rivers.
                The Guardian
                4
                Avoid crossing rivers and swollen streams where water is above your ankles.
                The South African
                5
                The body is club-shape and moves with the swollen end in advance.
                Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole / Bulletin of the United States ...
                6
                His knees were swollen and he simply couldn't pass the run times.
                The warrior elite: the forging of seal class 228
                7
                It came free of the swollen jamb with a brief grinding noise.
                IT
                8
                This causes the tissue to become swollen or inflamed, the website said.
                News.com.au
                9
                My limbs felt heavy and swollen, and my energy did not return.
                The Memoirs of Cleopatra
                10
                Mrs. Hughs held out her arms; the wrists were swollen and discoloured.
                Fraternity
                11
                One, in particular, had an eye so swollen that it was closed.
                The Mutiny of the Elsinore
                12
                Loud sounded the measured axe-strokes over the rush of the swollen river.
                Earth's Enigmas: A Volume of Stories
                13
                His left eve was purpled but not quite so swollen as before.
                Alas, Babylon
                14
                The nervous suggestion of form, pulsing and swollen and ready to burst.
                Fractures - Extraordinary Tales from the Halo Canon
                15
                Scallop shells jostle for position with swollen cherubs, no surface left unadorned.
                The Guardian
                16
                The river was swollen with rains and no boats were in sight.
                Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
                About this term
                More collocations
                Swollen through the time
                Swollen across language varieties
                United States of America
                Common
                Australia
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Common
                More variants