swelled (up)

verb

past tense of swell (up)
as in increased

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swelled (up)
  1. increased
  2. augmented
  3. expanded
  4. inserted
  5. amplified
  6. compounded
  7. enlarged
  8. multiplied
Verb
  • Additionally, writing longer, more detailed descriptions of concerns (over 100 words) significantly increased response rates.
    — Paul Hsieh, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Overall, the budget increased by $720,000 since September 2025, Korfanta said.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of increased
Verb
  • SiriusXM launched a dedicated Dolly Parton Tribute Channel (105) built around her music and related artists and collaborators, augmented by listener recollections.
    — Russ Penuell, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Even Jeremy Allen White, the actor known in part for a steamy Calvin Klein underwear campaign that flaunted his very real muscles, has been augmented by this pocket of the internet.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of augmented
Verb
  • Chinese manufacturers have expanded from areas including etching and deposition into ion implantation, inspection and metrology, according to Goldman.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • His father, Charles, had expanded the New Jersey real estate development business his grandfather, a Polish Holocaust survivor, had begun after starting out as a construction laborer.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of expanded
Verb
  • But he wasn’t merely inserted into the stars’ histories as an observer like the fictional movie character, Gump.
    — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The running game got another boost with the return of second-year back Jordan James, who re-inserted himself into the competition to back up Christian McCaffrey with rookie Kaelon Black, who made his preseason debut Tuesday.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • While generally a dimmer comet, recent activity has dramatically amplified 220P/McNaught’s brightness.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The scent of petrichor is produced when microbes living in soil and rocks are released by the impact of raindrops, combined with the smell of organic compounds emitted by plants that are amplified by the presence of moisture.
    — April Long, Allure, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of amplified
Verb
  • The money shows up after the tuition is paid, after most of the mortgage is gone, after the decades when capital could have compounded into something larger.
    — Jon Sabes, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
  • While every other major travel name compounded year after year, ABNB went essentially flat for two consecutive years.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of compounded
Verb
  • It was built between 1887 and 1895 and has been enlarged since then; its purpose was to eliminate the need to navigate around Jutland (peninsular Denmark).
    — Scott Spires, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Rebuilt in 1850, it was enlarged just a couple decades later for Sir Samuel Stephens Marling, who would go on to become the 1st Baronet of Stanley Park and Sedbury Park.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of enlarged
Verb
  • Those amounts look modest until multiplied across the thousands of similar individual claims now pending.
    — Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • That single decision, multiplied across a school district, then a state, then dozens of states, is how the United States found itself, over the summer, with the worst measles year in 35 years.
    — A.J. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of multiplied
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“Swelled (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelled%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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