swollen
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Is swollen a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of swollen?
Definition
verb (English)
1. increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensityExamples: "The music swelled to a crescendo"Synonyms: swell
2. become filled with pride, arrogance, or angerExamples: "The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"Synonyms: puff up, swell
3. expand abnormallyExamples: "The bellies of the starving children are swelling"Synonyms: intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce
4. come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)Examples: "Strong emotions welled up"; "Smoke swelled from it"Synonyms: swell, well up
5. come up, as of a liquidExamples: "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"Synonyms: swell, well
6. cause to become swollenExamples: "The water swells the wood"Synonyms: swell
adjective satellite (English)
1. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importanceExamples: "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
Definition source: Wiktionary