TURGID
Dictionary entry overview: What does turgid mean? • TURGID (adjective)
The adjective TURGID has 2 senses:
1. ostentatiously lofty in style
2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Familiarity information: TURGID used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TURGID (adjective)
Meaning:
Ostentatiously lofty in style
Synonyms:
bombastic; declamatory; orotund; tumid; turgid; large
Context examples:
a man given to large talk / tumid political prose
Similar:
rhetorical (concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking)
Meaning:
Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Synonyms:
bloated; distended; intumescent; puffed; swollen; tumescent; turgid; tumid; puffy
Context examples:
hungry children with bloated stomachs / he had a grossly distended stomach / eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids / swollen hands / tumescent tissue / puffy tumid flesh
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
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