turgid

(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.]

turgidity tur·gid'i·ty or tur'gid·ness n.
turgidly tur'gid·ly adv.

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adjective

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

adj

Definition: bombastic
Antonyms: plain, simple

Distended and congested, usually with blood.

IN BRIEF: Ostentatiously lofty in style.

The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war. — Henry Cabot Lodge (1902-1985)

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Swollen and congested.

For a list of words related to turgid, see:

• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic
• Dominant, Stubborn, Proud, or Confident

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See words rhyming with "turgidity."

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

Nederlands (Dutch)
troebel, bombastisch

Français (French)
adj. - boursouflé, gonflé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - schwülstig, geschwollen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρησμένος, φουσκωμένος, (μτφ.) στομφώδης, πομπώδης

Italiano (Italian)
turgido

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - túrgido (m), inchado (m), bombástico (m)

Русский (Russian)
опухший, вздутый, напыщенный

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

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

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
肿胀的, 浮肿的, 夸张的, 浮夸的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 腫脹的, 浮腫的, 誇張的, 浮誇的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 부어 오른, 종창성의, 과장된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 腫れ上がった, 誇張した

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

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

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