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"