bulging
Sticking out noticeably
Bulging describes something swelling outward, straining against its container or normal shape.
Eyes bulge with surprise or exertion.
A bulging suitcase is overstuffed.
Muscles bulge when flexed.
Pockets bulge with coins.
The word suggests pressure from within pushing against a surface: The bag was bulging with groceries.
Swollen from excess filling
- distendedSwollen from pressure within
- bloatedSwelled from excess
- puffySwollen with air
- inflamedProvoked or medically irritated
tumescent · edematous · turgid · swelling · puffed · enlarged · thickened · congested
Extending sharply outward
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
- pokingLight repeated jabbing
- extrudingForcing through an opening
- protuberantBulging beyond adjacent surface
outthrust · beetling · overhanging · prominent · convex · pouching · thrusting · proud
Breaking from internal pressure
- stuffedFilled beyond capacity
- packedFilled to capacity
- crammedOverfilled or overstuffed
- overflowingExceeding capacity, spilling out
brimming · overloaded · gorged · stretched · straining · full · heaving · spilling
engorged
Swollen from excess filling
inflamed · tumescent · edematous · turgid · swelling · puffed · enlarged · thickened · congested · inflated
jutting
Extending sharply outward
- projectingExtending outward from surroundings
- pokingLight repeated jabbing
- extrudingForcing through an opening
protuberant · outthrust · beetling · overhanging · prominent · convex · pouching · thrusting · proud · raised
bursting
Breaking from internal pressure
overflowing · brimming · overloaded · gorged · stretched · straining · full · heaving · spilling · cramped
straining
Exerting intense effort
stressed · overextended · pushing · seams · groaning · buckling · creaking · stressed · overtaxed
biceps
Upper arm flexors
quads · veins · deltoids · bodybuilder · flexing · ripped · pumped · sculpted · toned · jacked
- Too Muchoverflowing, spilling, flooding, stuffing, cramming
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- deformingbending, twisting, warping, curving, folding
- size changesenlarge, enlargement, expand, expansion, shrink
- puffing upswelling, bloating, inflating, expanding, ballooning
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
bulgingdeflated
Emptied of pressure
contracted · contracting · shrunken · empty · collapsed
- bulging eyesAbnormally protruding ocular organs
- bulging discSpinal cushion protruding outward