Followed by up: upset; experiencing strong negative emotion.
Origin
From earlier swoll, from Middle English swal, swall, swalle, and suoll, suolle, swalle, swol, swole, swolle, iswolle, yswolle, inflected forms of swellen, from Old English sweall, from Proto-Germanic *swall, first person and third person singular preterite of Proto-Germanic *swellanÄ…; further Unknown.
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