geschwollen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bombastic adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
- swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
- swollen adj Enlarged or puffed up beyond the normal size, usually from injury, illness, or fluid buildup.
- turgid adj Swollen beyond its normal size, usually by fluid pressing outward from inside.
Senses
geschwollen is used for these senses in English:
- bombastic (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- swell To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
- swollen protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
- turgid Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- turgid (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
bombastic — full definition
- adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
- adj Sounding grand and important while actually meaning very little.
- adj Loud, forceful and exaggerated in style; over the top.
- adj Puffed up or filled out more than it needs to be.
swell — full definition
- verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.
- verb To grow gradually in force, loudness, or intensity.
- noun A long, rolling ocean wave that continues after the wind that made it has died down.
- adj Excellent; very good (informal, dated-sounding).
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