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Swollen

Definition: Swollen

Swollen

Adjective

1. Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh".

2. Abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen' is sometimes used in combination); "distended wineskins"; "the need to clean out swollen inventories"; "the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked"; "huge blood-swollen mosquitoes".

3. 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".

4. Overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "swollen" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)


Synonyms: Swollen

Synonyms: bloated (adj), conceited (adj), distended (adj), egotistic (adj), egotistical (adj), flooding (adj), in flood(p) (adj), overflowing (adj), puffed (adj), puffy (adj), self-conceited (adj), swollen-headed (adj), tumescent (adj), tumid (adj), turgid (adj), vain (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Swollen

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Expansion

Adjective: expanded; Verb: larger; (large; swollen; expansive; wide open, wide spread; flabelliform; overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical; pot bellied, swag bellied; edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended; patulous; bulbous; (convex); full blown, full grown, full formed; big; abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate; tumefacient, tumefying.

Pride

Haughty lofty, high, mighty, swollen, puffed up, flushed, blown; vainglorious; purse-proud, fine; proud as a peacock, proud as Lucifer; bloated with pride.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Swollen

English words defined with "swollen": Acrocomia aculeata, Adenium multiflorum, Adenium obesumBeblubber, beet, beetroot, Beta vulgaris, Beta vulgaris cicla, Beta vulgaris rubra, bloat, blubber, Blubbered, blubbery, Bollen, Bottle tree, Brachychiton, Brassica perviridis, Brassica rapa perviridis, bubo, Bulledcarnation family, Caryophyllaceae, chard, chard plant, clostridia, clostridium, common beet, conceited, corm, CronartiumDerris elliptica, derris root, desert rose, Detumescence, distended, dropsicaledematous, egotistic, egotistical, Extuberantfamily Caryophyllaceae, flood, Fraxinus tomentosagenlisea, genus Brachychiton, genus Cronartium, glandular fever, gnarl, gri-gri, grugru, grugru palmHigh-wrought, Hulchyimpala lily, infectious mononucleosis, inflamed, Inflammatory rheumatismKawasaki disease, kissing disease, knot, kudu lilyleaf beet, lecanopterismacamba, milk leg, mock azalia, mono, mononucleosis, mucocutaneous lymph node syndromepack, pink family, Pouch mouth, Prester, proud flesh, pumpkin ashself-conceited, spinach beet, spinach mustard, swell, Swiss chard, swollen-headed, Swolntendergreen, torulose, tuba root, tumefaction, tumefy, TurgescencyUnswell, Utriculatevain, varicose, varicosity, Ventricose shellwash, Wound gall. (references)
Specialty definitions using "swollen": Abdomen, Acrodyniabarrel-butted, Belly, Blown Herrings, Bluetongue, bottle-butted, Browse his Jib, bulbows-buttedcabbage turnip, Celestians, churn-buttedEmajaguillaFeetgonococcal conjunctivitis, gonorrheal ophthalmiaHeadinflammatory breast cancerLipsMaduromycosis, mercerised cellulose, mercerized cellulosepink-diseaseRadcliffe LibraryScleroderma, Circumscribed, stage I chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage II chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage III chronic lymphocytic leukemia, stage IV chronic lymphocytic leukemia, swell-butted, SwellingVein. (references)
Etymologies containing "swollen": Swell. (references)

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Modern Usage: Swollen

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Even with a swollen nose, I can still smell a rat. (The Brady Bunch Movie; writing credit: Betty Thomas, written by Laurice Elehwany, Rick Copp, Bonnie Turner and Terry Turner)

The candles are lit, the band is playing, and as the force-shielded dome above us slides apart, revealing a dark and sullen sky, hung with the ancient light of livid, swollen stars, I can see that we are in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse! (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

A morning swollen with new life, a morning on which, if I had the voice, I would let loose with song. (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim)

Rollin', rollin', rollin', keep them doggies rollin', man my ass is swollen, Rawhide! (City Slickers; writing credit: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel)

Lyrics

My swollen eyes reveal my pain (Mishale; performing artist: Andru Donalds)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Swollen

DomainTitle

Books

  • Diffusion Controlled Stress Relaxation of Swollen Rubber-Like Networks (reference)

  • Swollen Tongues (reference)

  • The swollen leg : causes and treatment (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Swollen

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Photo Album: Swollen

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Puerto Rican boy with swollen abdomen due to bilharzia (schistosomiasis). Credit: CDC.

Postauricular lymph nodes are frequently swollen in rubella. Credit: CDC.

A patient with typical "nickel and dime" lesions on the face, which can develop during secondary syphilis. Other symptoms that may occur during this stage are mild fever, fatigue, headache, sore throat, patchy hair loss, and swollen lymph glands. Credit: CDC.

This patient developed eyebrow alopecia during the secondary stage of syphilis. Other symptoms that may occur during this stage are mild fever, fatigue, headache, sore throat and swollen lymph glands. Credit: CDC.

The elastic fibers of the tunica media are swollen, irregular and fragmented. A fibrous plaque is replacing the elastic fibers in one area; Elastic stain technique; magnification 450X. Credit: CDC.

Emergency Watershed Program provided for rehabilitation of berm in Washington, Co. built as a result of flash flooding that placed homes at risk of sliding into swollen creek. Credit: Bob Nichols.

... the swollen face of a toothache sufferer... / WHO photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of African American man with eyes swollen shut from beating. Credit: Library of Congress.

Swollen mountain streams, threatening valley homes. West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Swollen

AuthorQuotation

Bacon

Fame, if like a river, beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Francis Bacon

Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Swollen

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

They saw only her sweet face, her hair was in charming disorder, her eyelids were still swollen with sleep.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Her face was swollen and her eyes were hard.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Swollen

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Reddened or swollen areas. (references)

Some patients have swollen glands. (references)

Adenoids can become infected and swollen. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

Press photographs regularly show prisoners with swollen or bruised faces and bodies. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Swollen

"Swollen" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 65.99% of the time. "Swollen" is used about 493 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)65.99%32615,930
Lexical Verb (past participle)34.01%16824,050
                    Total100.00%493N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Swollen

Expressions using "swollen": become swollen distended swollen my foot is swollen swollen from crying swollen lip. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "swollen": swollen-bellied, swollen-eyed, swollen-foot, swollen-footed, swollen-headed, swollen-headedness, swollen-shoot, swollen-skulled.

Ending with "swollen": rain-swollen.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Swollen

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

swollen ankle

720

swollen ankle and foot

60

swollen lymph node

507

swollen nipples

59

swollen member

430

swollen tonsils

59

swollen gland

404

lyrics member swollen

55

swollen foot

389

cause of swollen foot

50

swollen leg

110

finger swollen

48

swollen gum

102

swollen uvula

44

swollen testicle

99

gland in neck swollen

43

swollen lip

95

swollen joint

42

swollen

88

swollen vagina

40

swollen eyelid

78

swollen eye

37

swollen clit

77

swollen throat

36

swollen tongue

74

swollen breast

34

swollen lymph gland

73

in lymph neck node swollen

34

hands swollen

73

swollen clitoris

32

pussy swollen

70

swollen labia

32

swollen knee

69

lymph neck node swollen

31

gland neck swollen

68

swollen stomach

31

swollen eyes

63

swollen abdomen

29

cause for swollen ankle

61

bud swollen taste

29
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Swollen

Language Translations for "swollen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i shtuar (advanced, concentrated, renewed), i fryrë (assuming, bloated, bombastic, bulging, bumptious, cock-a-hoop, conceited, extravagant, flatulent, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, high, highfaluting, high-sounding, hoity toity, inflated, mouthy, orotund, overblown, plethoric, pompous, puffed, puffed up, puffy, sounding, tumid, turgid, uppish, uppity, vainglorious), i ënjtur (dropsical, tumid, turgid). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏منفوخ (blown, inflated, inflationary, puffed), ‏منتفخ (baggy, bloat, bloated, blown, bulging, bulgy, distended, full, inflated, overblown, puffed, puffy, swelling), ‏متفاخر (boastful, proud), ‏متورم (inflated, puffed up, swelling, tumescent, turgid), ‏وارم, ‏زائد (excessive, excrescent, plus, redundant, superfluous, supernumerary). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

високопарен (heroic, magniloquent, rotund, sonorous, tub-thumping, turgid), отекъл (puffy, tumid), надут (bombastic, conceited, consequential, coxcombical, declamatory, florid, grandiloquent, haughty, high-blown, highfaluting, important, inflated, magniloquent, mandarin, mouthy, orotund, overblown, pompous, portentous, prancing, puffy, sidy, solemn, sounding, stilted, swelling, theatrical, tumid, uppish, uppity), подут (bloated, bulbous, gibbous, gummy, puffed up, puffy, tumid, turgid), подпухнал (bloated, dropsical, puffed up, puffy, sodden, turgid), издаден (bold, outstanding, pendent, prognathous, projecting, projective, prominent, protrusive, protuberant, salient, swelling). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

胀大 (swelled), , (dropsical), , 脹大 , (dropsical, to be bloated, to swell), (puffed, soak, to steep). (various references)

   

Czech

  

rozvodnìný, příè.min. od swell, oteklý, opuchlý (turgid), nabìhlý. (various references)

   

Danish

  

lymfoedematoest ben (lymphatic leg, swollen leg). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gezwollen. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

ورم کرده (Angry, Blown), اماس کرده . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

turpea (bloated, thick, turgid), paisunut, pöhöttynyt (puffy). (various references)

   

French

  

gonflé. (various references)

   

German

  

angeschwollen (puffy), verschwollen (puffy), geschwollen (billowed, bombastic, chesty, inflated, overblown, pompous, puffed, puffy, sententiously, thick, tumid, tumidly, turgid, turgidly). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μετοχή του swell, πρησμένοσ (bloated, blubber, tumescent, turgid), φουσκωτόσ (bulgy), εξωγκωμένοσ (exaggerated, turgid). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

מובלם, מ ופח (exaggerated, haughty, inflated, snotty, vain, windy), י"יר (arrogant, conceited, haughty, high and mighty, overweening, pompous, popinjay, presumptuous, snob, snooty, snotty, supercilious), תפוח (apple, ball, heap, pile, puffed out, tumid), צב" (distended, engorged), פוח (distending, exaggeration, inflated, inflation, puffing, puffy, tumid). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

duzzadt (bloated, blubber, chuff, flown, puffed-up, turgid), megduzzadt (flown), megdagadt, dagadt (bloated, chuff, chuffed, embossed, fat, flown, gummy, lardass, puffy, turgid). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

gembung (filled, suffed), gelembung (vesicle), buntal (bloated), bengkak (bloat, bubo, bulge, protuberant, swell, tumefaction, tumefy, tumescent, tumid, tumor), abuh (swelling). (various references)

   

Irish

  

ata. (various references)

   

Italian

  

turgido, gonfio (baggy, flown, inflated, puffy), gonfiato, gonfia (filled with air). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

腫れる (to become swollen, to swell), 脹れぼったい (puffy, somewhat swollen), 脾腫 (swollen or cancerous spleen), ール貝 (commonmussel, kickboxing, moon, moon face, moonlight, moonlighter, moonsault, moule, movie, Muay Thai, mussel, puffy face, swollen face), 浮腫む (to become swollen, to swell). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ーンフェース (puffy face, swollen face), ひしゅ (dagger, dirk, swollen or cancerous spleen), むくむ (to become swollen, to swell), はれぼったい (puffy, somewhat swollen), はれる (to be sunny, to become swollen, to clear away, to clear up, to stop raining, to swell). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

붇" (swelled). (various references)

   

Manx

  

sheidit (blown, puffed), attit (bulging, distended, enlarged, varicose). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ollensway

   

Portuguese

  

inchado (bloated, blown, blubber, distent, gummy, tumescent, tumid, turgid, up). (various references)

   

Portuguese Brazilian

  

inchado. (various references)

   

Romanian

  

umflat (baggy, bloated, blubber, bombastic, bulging, dropsical, flush, gummy, high-flown, inflated, long, puffy, tumid, turgid), pompos (emphatic, exaggerative, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-flown, high-sounding, important, large, magniloquent, pompous, state, stilted, theatrical, tumid), piperat (juicy, peppery, salt, steep), exagerat (exaggerated, exaggerative, hyperbolic, inordinate, overmuch, profuse, regardless, steep, tall, theatrical, thick, undue), bulbucat (arched, bloated, bulging, goggled, swelled), balonat (distended), afectat (affected, affectedly, Arty, curious, demure, demurely, euphuistic, far fetched, finical, finicking, gushing, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-flown, lackadaisical, La-di-da, mannered, miminy-piminy, mincing, namby-pamby, niminy-piminy, preciously, pretty, primly, recherche, scenic, self conscious, stilted, studied, theatrical), îngâmfat (arrogant, assuming, bloated, bumptious, cock-a-hoop, conceited, flaunty, fop, haughtily, inflated, perky, presumptuous, self-conceited, self-pleasing, snooty, stuck up, supercilious, vainglorious). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вздутый (inflated), непомерно высокий, набухший. (various references)

   

Scottish

  

clupaid (the swollen throat in cattle). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

podbuo (puffy), otekao (tumid, turgid), otečen (dropsical, tumid), natečen. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hinchado (billowy, bloated, blown, bulging, cocksy, cocky, inflated, puffed, puffy, stilted). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

svullen (puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid), uppsvälld (bloated, puffy, turgescent). (various references)

   

Thai

  

บวม (bag), กริยาช่องที่ 3 ของ swell. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kabarık (bagging, balloon, bloated, bunchy, fluffy, hipped, puffy, raised, shaggy, swelling, tumid), şişmiş (bloated, blown, blown up, inflated, puffed, puffy, swelled, tumid, turgid), şişkin (bagging, bulging, fat, gross, puffed up, puffy, tumid, turgescent). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

яellenmek (be bloated, be swollen). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

надто високий, здутий (flatulent), бундючний (bombastic, cavalier, chilly, cockish, flatulent, haughty, highfalutin, highfaluting, high-hearted, mouth-filling, overly, pompous, puffed up, scenic, scenical, snobbish, snobby). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

tính tự phụ (bumptiousness, chestiness, cockiness, conceit, donnishness, presumption, presumptuousness, pretentiousness, pride, self-conceit, swelled head, swollen head), tính tự cao tự đại (swelled head, swollen head). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Swollen

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

inflatus, tumidi, tumidus, turgida, turgidus. (various references)

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Bible Trace: Swollen

LanguageDateSourceActs Chapter 28, Verse 6
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintOi de prosedokwn auton mellein pimprasqai h katapiptein afnw nekron epi polu de autwn prosdokwntwn kai qewrountwn mhden atopon eiV auton ginomenon metaballomenoi elegon qeon auton einai
Latin405VulgateAt illi existimabant eum in tumorem convertendum et subito casurum et mori diu autem illis sperantibus et videntibus nihil mali in eo fieri convertentes se dicebant eum esse deum
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thei gessiden that he schulde be turned `in to swellyng, and falle doun sudenli, and die. But whanne thei abiden longe, and sien that no thing of yuel was don in him, thei turneden hem togider, and seiden, that he was God.
Renaissance English1526TyndaleHowbeit they wayted when he shuld have swolne or fallen doune deed sodenly. But after they had loked a greate whyle and sawe no harme come to him they chaunged their myndes and sayde that he was a God.
Jacobean English1611King JamesHowbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Victorian English1833WebsterYet they looked when he would have swelled, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god.
Basic English1964OgdenBut they had the idea that they would see him becoming ill, or suddenly falling down dead; but after waiting a long time, and seeing that no damage came to him, changing their opinion, they said he was a god.

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Matched Bible Translations: Swollen

LanguageActs Chapter 28, Verse 6
AlbanianDhe ata po prisnin që ai të fryhej ose të binte i vdekur në çast; por, mbasi pritën gjatë dhe panë se nuk po i ndodhte asgjë e pazakontë, ndryshuan mendim dhe thanë se ishte një perëndi.
CebuanoUg ilang gipaabut nga mohubag ang iyang kamot o nga dihadiha matumba siya nga patay; apan sa nakapaabut na silag taas nga panahon ug wala silay nakitang kadaut nahitabo kaniya, nangausab sila sa ilang paghunahuna ug nanag-ingon nga siya usa ka dios.
Croatiana oni oèekivahu da æe oteæi i umah se srušiti mrtav. Pošto su dugo èekali i vidjeli da mu se ništa neobièno nije dogodilo, promijeniše mišljenje te stadoše govoriti da je bog.
DanishMen de ventede, at han skulde hovne op eller pludseligt falde død om. Men da de havde ventet længe og så, at der ikke skete ham noget usædvanligt, kom de på andre Tanker og sagde, at han var en Gud.
DutchEn zij verwachtten, dat hij zou opzwellen, of terstond dood nedervallen. Maar als zij lang gewacht hadden, en zagen, dat geen ongemak hem overkwam, werden zij veranderd, en zeiden, dat hij een god was.
FinnishJa he odottivat hänen ajettuvan tai äkisti kaatuvan kuolleena maahan. Mutta kun he olivat kauan odottaneet ja näkivät, ettei hänelle mitään pahaa tapahtunut, muuttivat he mielensä ja sanoivat hänen olevan jumalan.
FrenchCes gens s`attendaient le voir enfler ou tomber mort subitement; mais, après avoir longtemps attendu, voyant qu`il ne lui arrivait aucun mal, ils changèrent d`avis et dirent que c`était un dieu.
GermanSie aber warteten, wenn er schwellen würde oder tot niederfallen. Da sie aber lange warteten und sahen, daß ihm nichts Ungeheures widerfuhr, wurden sie anderes Sinnes und sprachen, er wäre ein Gott.
HungarianAzok pedig azt várják vala, hogy õ meg fog dagadni, vagy nagyhirtelenséggel halva rogyik le. Mikor azonban sok ideig várták, és látták, hogy semmi baja nem lesz, megváltoztatva értelmöket, istennek mondják vala õt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariMereka pikir sebentar lagi tangan Paulus akan bengkak atau tiba-tiba ia akan jatuh mati. Tetapi setelah menunggu beberapa lama dan tidak ada sesuatu luar biasa yang terjadi kepadanya, pikiran mereka berubah lalu mereka berkata bahwa Paulus adalah dewa.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka mereka itu bersangka bahwa ia akan bengkak, atau seketika itu juga rebah mati. Tetapi apabila sudah lama mereka itu menunggu dan tiada kelihatan barang sesuatu bahaya atasnya, maka berubahlah sangka mereka itu, lalu mengatakan bahwa Paulus suatu dewa.
MaoriNa whanga noa ratou kia tetere ia, kia hinga whakarere ranei, kia mate: heoi ka roa noa to ratou whanganga, a, i te kitenga kahore he aha i pa ki a ia, ka puta ke o ratou whakaaro, ka mea, he atua ia.
Norwegianmen de ventet på at han skulde hovne eller falle død om med det samme. Da de nu ventet lenge, og så at han ikke hadde noget ondt av det, kom de på andre tanker, og sa at han var en gud.
PortugueseEles, porém, esperavam que Paulo viesse a inchar ou a cair morto de repente; mas tendo esperado muito tempo e vendo que nada de anormal lhe sucedia, mudaram de parecer e diziam que era um deus.   
RumanianOamenii aceia se awteptau sq -l vadq umflkndu-se sau cqzknd deodatq mort; dar, dupqce au awteptat mult, wi au vqzut cq nu i se kntkmplq niciun rqu, wi-au schimbat pqrerea, wi ziceau cq este un zeu.
ShuarTura niisha Eárchatpiash tusar ii pujuarmiayi. "Túmatskesha jaka inianchatpiash" tiarmiayi. Túrasha ti Núkap pujussha penké najaweachmiayi. Túrunamtai, nuinkia Nusháa Enentáimprar "Pápruka Yúschashit" tiarmiayi.
SpanishMientras tanto, ellos esperaban que comenzara a hincharse o que cayera muerto de repente. Pero al pasar mucho tiempo esperando y al ver que no le pasaba nada malo, cambiaron de parecer y decían que era un dios.
SwahiliWale watu walikuwa wakitazamia kwamba angevimba au hapohapo angeanguka chini na kufa. Baada ya kungojea kwa muda mrefu bila kuona kwamba Paulo amepatwa na jambo lolote lisilo la kawaida, walibadilisha fikira zao juu yake, wakasema kuwa ni mungu.
UmaRa'uli' pue' ngata, mowoto-ki mpai' pale-na, ba mule' modungka mata' -i pai' mate. Hiaa' mahae rapeka'au, uma-hawo moapa-i. Ngkai ree mobali' wo'o-mi pekiri-ra, ra'uli': "Paulus toei, to mobaraka' -i!"

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Derivations & Misspellings: Swollen

Derivations

Words ending with "swollen": upswollen. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Swollen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Scollen, Seillean, soleen, sollen, sowle, swallen, swaller, swallon, swolen, swolhen, swoll, swoller, swollon, swolwen, Swoofle, wollen, Zwolle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Swollen"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "swollen" (pronounced swō"lun)
4-ō" l u ncolon, solan, Solon, stolen, Tolan.
3-l u nadrenaline, Alan, Ballon, befallen, Billon, bouillon, Callan, Chamberlain, chaplain, crestfallen, discipline, elan, fallen, felon, gallon, globulin, gremlin, insulin, javelin, kaolin, Kremlin, lanolin, Magdalen, Marlin, masculine, melon, Mullen, muskmelon, muslin, pelon, penicillin, pentathlon, phenolphthalein, pollen, porcelain, stollen, sullen, talon, triathlon, vanillin, villain, watermelon, woolen, woollen, Zeppelin.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Swollen

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-l-l-n-o-s-w"

-2 letters: enols, enows, lenos, losel, lowes, lowse, noels, owsen, snell, swell, wells.

-3 letters: ells, enol, enow, eons, leno, lens, lone, lose, lowe, lown, lows, news, noel, noes, nose, nows, oles, ones, owes, owls, owns, owse, sell, sewn, slew, sloe, slow, snow, sole, sone, sown, well, wens, woes, wons.

-4 letters: ell, els, ens, eon, low.

 Words containing the letters "e-l-l-n-o-s-w"
 

+1 letter: snowbell, woollens.

 

+2 letters: lowliness, snowbells, stonewall, upswollen.

 

+3 letters: allowances, alpenglows, callowness, fallowness, hollowness, lowlanders, mellowness, sallowness, snowballed, stonewalls, towellings, woolliness, yellowfins.

 

+4 letters: downhillers, groundswell, lowlinesses, shallowness, stonewalled, stonewaller, wholesaling, worldliness.

 

+5 letters: callownesses, disallowance, disbowelling, fallownesses, groundswells, hollownesses, mellownesses, sallownesses, stonewallers, stonewalling, wollastonite, woollinesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Quotations: Familiar
9. Quotations: Fiction
10. Quotations: Non-fiction
11. Usage Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Bible Trace
17. Derivations
18. Rhymes
19. Anagrams
20. Bibliography


  

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