HyperDic: intumescent

English > 1 sense of the word intumescent:
ADJECTIVEallintumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid, turgidabnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
English > intumescent: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningabnormally distended especially by fluids or gas.
Synonymspuffy, tumescent, tumid, turgid
Broaderunhealthynot in or exhibiting good health in body or mind
Spanishdistendido, hinchado, inflado, tumescente, túmido
Catalandistès, inflat, tumescent, túmid
Nounsintumescence, intumescencyswelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion)

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