tumid

(tū'mĭd, tyū'-)
adj.

1. Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.
2. Of a bulging shape; protuberant.
3. Overblown; bombastic: tumid political prose.

[Latin tumidus, from tumēre, to swell.]

tumidity tu·mid'i·ty n.
tumidly tu'mid·ly adv.

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adjective

Filled up with or as if with something insubstantial: flatulent, inflated, overblown, tumescent, turgid, windy. See increase/decrease, plain/fancy.

IN BRIEF: Ostentatiously lofty in style.

With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth. — Samuel Madden

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Swollen; edematous.

See words rhyming with "tumid."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - ophovnet, hævet, svulstig

Nederlands (Dutch)
gezwollen

Français (French)
adj. - tuméfié, ampoulé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - geschwollen, schwülstig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρησμένος (κν. τουμπανιασμένος)

Italiano (Italian)
gonfio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inchado (m), saliente, túmido (m)

Русский (Russian)
напыщенный, (фигур.) "опухший"

Español (Spanish)
adj. - túmido, hinchado, ampuloso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - svullen, uppsvälld, svulstig, bombastisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
肿胀的, 隆起的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 腫脹的, 隆起的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부어 오른, 비대한, 과장한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 腫れ上がった, 大げさな, 誇張した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) رنان طنان, منتفخ, ورم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נפוח, מנופח, בומבסטי‬

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