engorged

Distended from fullness

Engorged means swollen with fluid, typically blood.

The word appears most often in medical contexts—engorged blood vessels, engorged breasts during lactation—and in descriptions of feeding parasites: The tick was engorged with blood.

Extended uses describe anything swollen to capacity: rivers engorged with snowmelt.

swollen

distended

Swollen from pressure within

tumescentGrowing distended
bloatedSwelled from excess
puffySwollen with air

inflated · bulging · enlarged · tumid · edematous · varicose · dilated · congested · inflamed · thickened

overfed

glutted

Overfilled to excess

stuffedFilled beyond capacity
satiatedDesire fully gratified
surfeitedOverfed to discomfort

overfull · replete · sated · full · overfed · indulged · nourished · bloated · heavy · laden

overflowing

brimming

Full to the top

floodedCovered with water
burstingBreaking from internal pressure
saturatedThoroughly soaked through

inundated · glutted · overfilled · overabundant · teeming · abundant · plethoric · excess · profuse · superfluous

engorged

distended

glutted

brimming

engorged

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