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单词 bulbous
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bulbous

(bʌlbəs)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Something that is bulbous is round and fat in a rather ugly way.
...his bulbous purple nose.
Synonyms: bulging, rounded, swelling, swollen More Synonyms of bulbous

bulbous in British English

(ˈbʌlbəs)
adjective
1. 
shaped like a bulb; swollen; bulging
2. 
growing from or bearing bulbs
Derived forms
bulbously (ˈbulbously)
adverb

bulbous in American English

(ˈbʌlbəs)
adjective
1. 
of, shaped like, or having a bulb or bulbs
2. 
growing from a bulb
Word origin
L bulbosus

Examples of 'bulbous' in a sentence
bulbous

Adding a bulbous nose might be effective.
Bain, Roly Fools Rush In - A Call to Christian Clowning (1993)
(adjective) 
his bulbous purple nose
Synonyms
bulging
rounded
swelling
swollen
My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see.
bloated
His face was bloated.
convex
The lens is flat on one side and convex on the other.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bloated
His face was bloated.
Synonyms
puffed up,
swollen,
blown-up,
enlarged,
inflated,
puffy,
dilated,
distended,
turgid,
tumescent,
tumid
in the sense of convex
Definition
curving outwards like the outside surface of a ball
The lens is flat on one side and convex on the other.
Synonyms
rounded,
bulging,
protuberant,
gibbous,
outcurved
in the sense of swollen
Definition
enlarged by swelling
My eyes were so swollen I could hardly see.
Synonyms
enlarged,
bloated,
puffy,
inflamed,
puffed up,
distended,
tumescent,
oedematous,
dropsical,
tumid,
edematous

Nearby words of
bulbous

  • building
  • built-in
  • bulb
  • bulbous
  • bulge
  • bulk
  • bulk large

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