swollen

adj 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" [syn: {bloated}, {distended}, {puffed}, {puffy},

{tumescent}, {tumid}]

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" [syn: {distended}]

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" [syn: {conceited}, {egotistic},

{egotistical}, {self-conceited}, {swollen-headed}, {vain}]

4: overfull with water; "swollen rivers and creeks" [syn: {flooding},

{in flood(p)}, {overflowing}]