"swollen" in the verb sense
1. swell
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
"The music swelled to a crescendo"
2. swell, puff up
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
"The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son"
3. swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce
expand abnormally
"The bellies of the starving children are swelling"
4. well up, swell
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things
"Strong emotions welled up"
"Smoke swelled from it"
5. well, swell
come up, as of a liquid
"Tears well in her eyes"
"the currents well up"
6. swell
cause to become swollen
"The water swells the wood"
"swollen" in the adjective sense
1. conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain
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"
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