adjective
feeling self-importance
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- too big for his britches
- had a swelled head
- he was swelled with pride
verb
increase in size, magnitude, number, or intensity
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- The music swelled to a crescendo
verb
become filled with pride, arrogance, or anger
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- The mother was swelling with importance when she spoke of her son
verb
expand abnormally
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- The bellies of the starving children are swelling
verb
come up (as of feelings and thoughts, or other ephemeral things)
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- Strong emotions welled up
- Smoke swelled from it
verb
come up, as of a liquid
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- Tears well in her eyes
- the currents well up
verb
cause to become swollen
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- The water swells the wood