Meanings
adjectiveoverswollen (comparative more overswollen, superlative most overswollen)
comparative more overswollen · superlative most overswollen
- Excessively swollen or puffed up.
He's scornful of her big, overswollen ego and her big overswollen movie ideas. But he'll scavenge off her leavings.
2012, C. Stephen Jaeger, Enchantment: On Charisma and the Sublime in the Arts of the West
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overswollen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overswollen
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“overswollen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overswollen. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overswollen,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overswollen.
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