tumescent
/tuˈmɛsənt/
tumescent adjective: swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
Adjective
tumescent (comparative more tumescent, superlative most tumescent)
- Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
- Inflated or overblown.
- I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably.1982, Arlene Croce, Going to the Dance, page 395
tumescent meaning in Tamil and Bengali
tumescent in Tamil
- வீங்குகின்ற, புடைப்புறுகின்ற
tumescent in Bengali
- তরল পদার্থ দ্বারা ফোলা, স্ফীত, অতিরিক্ত, ফাঁপা
Synonyms of tumescent
Forms of tumescent
| comparative | more tumescent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tumescent |
Origin of tumescent
From Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”).
Words formed from tumescent
Words that rhyme with tumescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
- detumescent
Questions about tumescent
- What does tumescent mean?
- Tumescent means swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
- What is tumescent in Tamil?
- Tumescent in Tamil is வீங்குகின்ற, புடைப்புறுகின்ற. See Tumescent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tumescent?
- Tumescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tumescent?
- Tumescent is pronounced /tuˈmɛsənt/ (US).
Words near tumescent in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tumescent (page history and authors); tumescent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tumescent (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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