turgid

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

T0418800 (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.

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

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tur·gid′i·ty, tur′gid·ness n.tur′gid·ly adv.

turgid

(ˈtɜːdʒɪd) adj1. swollen and distended; congested2. (of style or language) pompous and high-flown; bombastic[C17: from Latin turgidus, from turgēre to swell] turˈgidity, ˈturgidness n ˈturgidly adv

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.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	turgid - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"bombastic, declamatory, orotund, tumid, largerhetorical - 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, puffyunhealthy - 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.

turgid

adjectiveFilled up with or as if with something insubstantial:flatulent, inflated, overblown, tumescent, tumid, windy.

Translations

turgidogezwollenopgezwollenwollig