Synonyms of the word

vesicate

• v. To blister.

blister

• n. A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction…
• n. A swelling on a plant.
• n. (medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
• n. A bubble, as on a painted surface.
• n. (roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable…
• n. A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
• v. To cause blisters to form.
• v. (transitive) To criticise severely.
• v. (intransitive) To break out in blisters.

intumesce

• v. To swell or enlarge (abnormally).
• v. To bubble up (as the result of heating).

swell

• v. (intransitive) To become bigger, especially due to being engorged.
• v. (transitive) To cause to become bigger.
• v. (intransitive) To grow gradually in force or loudness.
• v. (transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.
• v. (intransitive) To be raised to arrogance.
• v. To be elated; to rise arrogantly.
• v. To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant.
• v. To protuberate; to bulge out.
• n. The act of swelling.
• n. Increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force.
• n. A long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased.
• n. (music) A gradual crescendo followed by diminuendo.
• n. (music) A device for controlling the volume of a pipe organ.
• n. (music) A division in a pipe organ, usually the largest enclosed division.
• n. A hillock or similar raised area of terrain.
• n. (informal, dated) A person who is dressed in a fancy or elegant manner.
• n. (informal) A person of high social standing; an important person.
• adj. (Canada, US, informal, slang) Excellent.

tumefy

• v. to cause to swell.

tumesce

• v. (intransitive) To become tumescent; to expand or inflate.