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swollen

[swoh-luhn]

verb

  1. a past participle of swell.



adjective

  1. enlarged by or as by swelling; swelling; puffed up; tumid.

  2. turgid or bombastic.

swollen

/ ˈəʊə /

verb

  1. a past participle of swell

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. tumid or enlarged by or as if by swelling

  2. turgid or bombastic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • swollenly adverb
  • swollenness noun
  • unswollen adjective
  • ˈɴDZԱ adverb
  • ˈɴDZԲԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of swollen1

First recorded in 1300–50, for the adjective
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On the same March 3 morning, the county asked for help identifying a wisp-thin elderly man with a grizzled beard and swollen black eye who’d been found in Monterey Park’s Edison Trails Park.

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He had 40 different injuries on his body, including a swollen brain and numerous trauma injuries to his head and abdomen.

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I’m not sure what happened to the Australian twins Danny and Michael Philippou that explains why their horror movies are swollen with grief.

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The room was decked with Ukrainian, Turkish and Russian flags – two of each – and a large flower arrangement – a world away from the shattered cities and swollen graveyards of Ukraine.

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She alleged that she was left with swollen lips, black eyes and knots on her forehead.

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