distention [dih-sten-shuhn]
Main Entry:
distention [dih-sten-shuhn]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: inflation
Synonyms: bloating, bulge, enlargement, expansion, increase
Main Entry: rise
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: increase, improvement
Synonyms: acceleration, accession, accretion, addition, advance, advancement, aggrandizement, ascent, augmentation, boost, breakthrough, climb, distention, doubling, enlargement, growth, heightening, hike, increment, inflation, intensification, intensifying, multiplication, piling up, progress, promotion, raise, stacking up, step-up, surge, swell, upgrade, upsurge, upswing, upturn, waxing
Notes: to raise is 'to bring something up'; to rise is 'to get up'
Antonyms: decline, decrease, drop, fall, slump, worsening
Main Entry: stress
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical or mental pressure
Synonyms: affliction, agony, alarm, albatross, anxiety, apprehensiveness, burden, clutch, crunch, disquiet, disquietude, distention, draw, dread, expectancy, extension, fear, fearfulness, ferment, flutter, force, hardship, hassle, heat, impatience, intensity, misgiving, mistrust, nervous tension, nervousness, oppression, overextension, passion, protraction, pull, restlessness, spring, strain, stretch, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, tightness, traction, trauma, trepidation, trial, urgency, worry
Antonyms: indifference, relaxation
Main Entry: swelling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: physical growth; lump
Synonyms: abscess, blister, boil, bruise, bulge, bump, bunion, carbuncle, contusion, corn, dilation, distention, enlargement, hump, increase, inflammation, injury, knob, knurl, node, nodule, pimple, pock, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, ridge, sore, tumescence, tumor, wale, wart, weal, welt
Antonyms: depression
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