dropsical

1. 1.

   swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid

   Synonymsedematous

   Similarunhealthy

Questions about dropsical

What does dropsical mean?

dropsical means "swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid".

How many syllables are in dropsical?

dropsical has 3 syllables: drop-si-cal. The stress falls on "drop".

What is another word for dropsical?

Close synonyms include edematous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dropsical a common word?

dropsical is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.