English Explanatory Dictionary

swollen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
verb
  1. past participle of swell

Pronunciation

/ˈswəʊ.lən/ /ˈswɒ.lən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-swollen.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-swollen.wav /ˈswoʊ.lən/

Word forms

swollen more swollen most swollen

Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

jutting protuberant extuberant tumid bulging exserted obtrusive outstanding projecting projectory prominent promontorial protruding protuberous salient boln bulled distended farced nodose puffed swollen turgid

Antonyms

contracted deflated nonswollen shrunken shrivelled tabid unswollen wizened

Related words

swole

Derived words

forswollen nonswollen overswollen preswollen swollen assets theory swollen-headed swollenly swollenness unswollen
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