turgid

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turgid

swollen, distended, overblown, pompous: The politician was known for his turgid prose.

Not to be confused with:

turbid – cloudy, muddy, murky: The turbid water overflowed the banks of the river.

tur·gid

(tûr′jĭd)

adj.

1. Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent: turgid prose.

2. Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated: a turgid bladder; turgid veins.

[Latin turgidus, from turgēre, to be swollen.]

tur·gid′i·ty, tur′gid·ness n.

tur′gid·ly adv.

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turgid

(ˈtɜːdʒɪd)

adj

1. swollen and distended; congested

2. (of style or language) pompous and high-flown; bombastic

[C17: from Latin turgidus, from turgēre to swell]

turˈgidity, ˈturgidness n

ˈturgidly adv

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tur•gid

(ˈtɜr dʒɪd)

adj.

1. swollen; distended; tumid.

2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.

[1660–70; < Latin turgidus=turg(ēre) to swell + -idus -id⁴]

tur•gid′i•ty, tur′gid•ness, n.

tur′gid•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	turgid - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, large rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
	2.	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" intumescent, tumescent, tumid, puffy unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

turgid

adjective pompous, inflated, windy, high-flown, pretentious, grandiose, flowery, overblown, stilted, ostentatious, fulsome, bombastic, grandiloquent, arty-farty (informal), fustian, orotund, magniloquent, sesquipedalian, tumid He used to make dull, turgid and boring speeches.

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turgid

adjective

Filled up with or as if with something insubstantial:

flatulent, inflated, overblown, tumescent, tumid, windy.

Translations

turgido

gezwollen opgezwollen wollig

turgid

[ˈtɜːdʒɪd] ADJ [prose etc] → inflado, rimbombante

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turgid

[ˈtɜː^rdʒɪd] adj [speech] → pompeux/euse, ampoulé(e)

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turgid

adj (= swollen) → (an)geschwollen; (fig) style → schwülstig, überladen

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turgid

[ˈtɜːdʒɪd] adj (liter) (prose, speech) → ampolloso/a, pomposo/a

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tur·gid

a. túrgido-a; hinchado-a, distendido-a.

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