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swollen

adjective as in enlarged

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For a certain kind of questing hiker–and a state government tired of rescuing them when they came unprepared or the swollen Teklanika River trapped them–it was the end of an era.

The fatigue the long journey caused has of course diminished and my eyes no longer look so swollen and red from the insomnia that I suffered.

He was born with a rare bone disease that makes his hands stiff and swollen, locks his major joints in a bent position and erodes his bone density over time.

The toes become red or purple, itchy and swollen, symptoms that can last for weeks, experts say.

Six days later, swollen rivers flowing south from Wisconsin crested at record heights.

Later, I took a photo of my eye with my cellphone, the skin around it still swollen, the whites streaked with popped red veins.

So the discs get all floppy, swollen, pop out left, pop out right.

Even reference seems to float free: Are those ten appendages swollen fingers, or dreadlocks, or sea cucumbers?

But the attitude of doctors was that if the lymph glands were swollen it was a good sign of a body fighting infection.

According to Robertson—not a registered dietician—low carb diets “build up clinkers” and “you get swollen joints, you get gout.”

A huge piece of black court plaister hid the wound on his swollen lip, a cup of tisane stood upon the table.

He had nearly bitten his swollen tongue in two falling over an unseen peat-cutting, and blood-flecked foam gathered on his lips.

But her bare and swollen feet caused her such pain that she fell on her knees, sobbing most pitifully.

He crossed the Tyne at Haltwhistle fords, losing many men in the swollen river.

To-day the frost is so intense that the noses of the Muscovites risk becoming swollen and frost-bitten.

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On this page you'll find 39 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to swollen, such as: bloated, inflamed, inflated, distended, puffed, and bulgy.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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