swollen
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swollen
- /ˈswəʊ.lən/ UK
- /ˈswɒ.lən/ UK
- /ˈswoʊ.lən/ US
Rhymes with -əʊlən
Where it comes from
From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).
adjective more swollen · most swollen
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Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
swollen ankle
Similar: jutting, protuberant, extuberant, tumid, bulging, exserted, obtrusive, outstanding, projecting, projectory, prominent, promontorial
Opposite: contracted, deflated, nonswollen, shrunken, shrivelled, tabid, unswollen, wizened
verb
- past participle of swell
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: tumescent, distended, tumid, bloated, puffed, puffy, overflowing, high, flooding, proud, unhealthy, conceited, vain, self-conceited, egotistical, egotistic
adjective
Opposite: contracted, deflated, nonswollen, shrunken, shrivelled, tabid, unswollen, wizened
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adj distended
| 한국어 | 부푼 bupun, 부은 bueun |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 腫れた hareta, 盛り上がった moriagatta |
| 中文 | 腫 /肿 zhǒng, 腫脹的 /肿胀的 zhǒngzhàng de, 膨脹的 /膨胀的 péngzhàng de |
| Português | inchado |
| Français | enflé, gonflé |
| Deutsch | angeschwollen, geschwollen |
| Ελληνικά | πρησμένος prisménos, φουσκωμένος fouskoménos |
| Русский | опу́хший opúxšij, взду́тый vzdútyj, набу́хший nabúxšij, отёкший otjókšij, опу́хлый opúxlyj |
| العربية | مُنْتَفِخ muntafiḵ, مُتَوَرِّم mutawarrim |
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title = {swollen},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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