turgid

tur·gid  (tûrjd)

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.

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

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tur·gidi·ty, turgid·ness n.

turgid·ly adv.

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turgid [ˈtɜːdʒɪd]

adj

1. swollen and distended; congested

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

[from Latin turgidus, from turgēre to swell]

turgidity , turgidness n

turgidly  adv

Thesaurus

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"

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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.

Translations

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

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

turgid

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

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

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