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Synonyms for distended

  • adjective

Most common

swollen inflated bloated turgid

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Turgid — extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen

turgid, bloated, swollen, inflated, puffy, tumescent, puffed, tumid, protuberant, bollen, bulled, intumescent, farced

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.

Example sentences

  • swollen You have a cold and your lymph nodes are swollen.
  • inflated Have you ever inflated a balloon as big as this one?
  • bloated I feel bloated after eating a plate of Pad Thai.
  • turgid He pressed his turgid sex against the center of her womanhood.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
distendedsteady
swollenrising
inflatedfalling
bloatedrising
turgidfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
puffy2, tumid
6 letters
puffed1, turgid2, bollen2, bulled, farced
7 letters
swollen2, bloated2
8 letters
inflated3
9 letters
tumescent3
11 letters
protuberant, intumescent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (puffy2 = 2 syllables).