Swollen
Crossword Clue & Answers

6 December 2021
Last seen in: The Sun Cryptic

We found 18 answers for the crossword clue 'Swollen', the most recent of which was seen in the The Sun Cryptic.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Swollen a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Swollen as an answer itself some 50 times.

Swollen is a single word clue made up of 7 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'The Sun Cryptic' on Monday, 06 December 2021 with the answer being TURGID, but the most popular answer for this clue is ENGORGED.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• The Sun Cryptic - 6 Dec 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 8 Jul 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 10 Apr 2020
• The New York Times Crossword - 7 Apr 2019

Definitions and usage

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• 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"

Crossword Answers

4 Letters

VAIN
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

5 Letters

PUFFY
Blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; "puffy off-shore winds"; "gusty winds "

TUMID
Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

6 Letters

TURGID
Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

7 Letters

BLOATED

BULBOUS
Curving outward

DILATED

8 Letters

ENGORGED
Overfull as with blood

ENLARGED
Larger than normal; "enlarged joints"

INFLATED
Enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "a hyperbolic style"

9 Letters

CONCEITED
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"

DISTENDED

EGOTISTIC
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"

TUMESCENT
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"

11 Letters

EGOTISTICAL
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"

PROTUBERANT
Curving outward

13 Letters

SELFCONCEITED

SWOLLENHEADED