welt

Examples

• All

• I looked terribly ugly, what with this big scar and those angry red welts covering my stomach.

  Fiction book (1997)

• The switch raised welts on her skin as thick and red as centipedes.

  Fiction book (1991)

• You asked him about a welt on his neck.

  Boss Level (2021)

• I noticed that the baby had a purple welt on the side of its neck.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Jerry takes off his glasses, revealing a welt and a cut below his eye.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Still curled on the ground, the UPS man rubbed at the red welt on his throat.

  Fiction book (1995)

• The flies were attacking him now, and I could see red welts on him and gnats around his eyes.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Her neck was sore, the welts, despite the poultice of moss, stiff and painful.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Shedwyn stared deeply at Eneas, the welts a vivid red along the brown skin of her neck.

  Fiction book (1991)

• After being stung by a bee, she developed a painful welt on her arm.

Synonyms

W

weal

vswelt

1 9.9

A red swollen mark on the skin after being hit or bitten

is a raised red mark without stressing swelling

W

wheal

vswelt

• Specialized

1 9.0

A small raised red or pale bump on the skin that is often itchy

is a raised red mark not usually small or commonly itchy

W

welting

vswelt

7.4

A raised, red, swollen bump on the skin after a hit or sting

is the red raised mark rather than focusing on ridge or swelling

W

wale

vswelt

9.9

A raised red mark on the skin caused by a hit or an allergy

is a raised red mark that does not stress a ridge shape

How Severe

hematoma

• Specialized

31 7.5

bruise

266 1.6

welt

17 6.5

bump

118 2.5

red blotch

1 4.4

Surface Forms

Etymology