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swollen

Letters that make swollen

s, o, e, l, n, w are letters that make 'swollen'

Words within swollen

en, SW, LE are words within 'swollen'

swollen is a 7 letter word ending with n
swollen is a 7 letter word starting with s

1 possible definitions for 'swollen'

Swollen as "characteristic of false pride, having an exaggerated sense of self-importance"

Under this definition, swollen is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

self-conceited, egotistical, vain, conceited, egotistic, swollen-headed have the same meaning as 'swollen'

Derivatives of swollen

conceit, conceitedness, self-importance, egoist, egotist, swellhead, amour propre, vanity, emptiness, self-love, egotism, ego are derivatives of 'swollen'.

Similar to swollen

proud is similar to swollen.

Example of swollen used within this context

"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"