Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: swollen
IPA transcription: [sw'oʊlən]
Pronunciations of swollen
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
    Meaning: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
Usage examples
  • The snows had melted, and all the streams were swollen.
  • In the spring the Fraser rolled to the sea a swollen flood.
  • Sometimes the parotid glands are swollen, as in human mumps.
  • His head felt swollen and enormous, on the point of bursting wide.
  • Then he shot into a creek, swollen by the flood, and went over his head.
  • His swollen face was sad and ashamed as he sat on a fallen log and watched the dance.
  • His right hand and arm, the side of his neck and face were horribly swollen and livid.
  • A smile lighted up her face that was swollen with weeping, and her eyes shone in the half darkness.
  • Beneath me lay my corpse, with the arrow in my temple, the whole head greatly swollen and disfigured.
  • Her eyes were red and swollen; and it seemed as if her tears were even then restrained with difficulty.
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