Antonyms of adj tumescent
1 sense of tumescent
Sense 1
puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh")
INDIRECT (VIA unhealthy) -> healthy -- (having or indicating good health in body or mind; free from infirmity or disease; "a rosy healthy baby"; "staying fit and healthy")
Similarity of adj tumescent
1 sense of tumescent
Sense 1
puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid -- (abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh")
=> unhealthy (vs. healthy) -- (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers")