If somebody had a swelling—for example, in his whole face—you might say, “Last week his face was all ________.”
| SWOLLEN | 451 |
| PUFFED UP | 278 |
| SWELLED UP | 86 |
| SWOLLEN UP | 73 |
| BLOATED | 64 |
| PUFFED | 47 |
| PUFFED OUT | 42 |
| SWELLED | 38 |
| SWOLE | 20 |
| SWOLE UP | 19 |
| PUFFY | 17 |
| BLOATED UP | 14 |
| BLOWN UP | 7 |
| BLOWED UP | 5 |
| INFLAMED | 4 |
| FLUSHED | 3 |
| BALLOONED | 2 |
| BROKEN OUT | 2 |
| FLUSHED UP | 2 |
| LOPSIDED | 2 |
| OUT OF SHAPE | 2 |
| STRUTTED | 2 |
| SWELLED OUT | 2 |
| SWOLED | 2 |
| SWOLED UP | 2 |
| SWOLLEN OUT | 2 |
| BADLY PUFFED | 1 |
| BALLOONED OUT | 1 |
| BIG AS A MOON | 1 |
| BLOATED OUT | 1 |
| BLOWN OUT | 1 |
| BULGED | 1 |
| BULGED UP | 1 |
| CONTORTED OUT OF SHAPE | 1 |
| DISFIGURED | 1 |
| DISTORTED | 1 |
| ENLARGED | 1 |
| IN A BLOAT | 1 |
| LIKE A BALLOON | 1 |
| LOOKS LIKE THE NEW MOON | 1 |
| LUMP-JAWED | 1 |
| LUMPY-JAWED | 1 |
| MUMPS | 1 |
| MUMPY | 1 |
| POOCH OUT | 1 |
| POOCHED | 1 |
| POOCHED OUT | 1 |
| PUFF UP | 1 |
| PUFFED UP SWOLLEN | 1 |
| PUMPKIN-FACED | 1 |
| RED | 1 |
| SWELL UP | 1 |
| SWOLLEND UP | 1 |
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