Definition of tumid in English:

tumid

adjective ˈtjuːmɪdˈt(j)uməd

1(especially of a part of the body) swollen.
a tumid belly
Example sentencesExamples
- The rights to a future project currently sit in the directors tumid billfold.
- Plate surfaces more commonly exhibit a prominent tumid center.
- The jungle is dense, tumid, and bejeweled with parrots.
- It has a tumid rounded shape.
- What was he doing easing my friend up across his tumid belly and onto his lap?
Synonyms
expanded, distended, bulging, inflamed, inflated, enlarged, dilated, bloated, blown-up, puffed up, puffy, ballooning, protruding, prominent, stretched, tumescent
swollen, distended, tumescent, engorged, tumefied, enlarged, bloated, bulging, protuberant, bulbous
2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or bombastic.
tumid oratory
Synonyms
bombastic, pompous, turgid, overblown, overripe, inflated, high-flown, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, flowery, ornate, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund

Derivatives

tumidity

noun tjuːˈmɪdɪtit(j)uˈmɪdədi

There is often slight guarding and generalised tumidity of the abdomen similar to the ‘doughiness’ of tuberculous peritonitis.
Example sentencesExamples
- The tumidity is, in fact, rather pronounced relative to the size of the shell.
- The orchestra added little apart from a certain unwelcome tumidity to music that would have been more at home as a Hollywood soundtrack.
- Varicose veins usually result in tumidity, atony and pains in the legs as well as eczema and ulcers, causing great trouble to the patients.
- The diction has in places a huge and rugged grandeur, which degenerates here and there into tumidity.

tumidly

adverb

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin tumidus, from tumere 'to swell'.

Rhymes

humid

Definition of tumid in US English:

tumid

adjectiveˈt(j)umədˈt(y)o͞oməd

1(especially of a part of the body) swollen.
a tumid belly
Example sentencesExamples
- It has a tumid rounded shape.
- What was he doing easing my friend up across his tumid belly and onto his lap?
- The rights to a future project currently sit in the directors tumid billfold.
- The jungle is dense, tumid, and bejeweled with parrots.
- Plate surfaces more commonly exhibit a prominent tumid center.
Synonyms
expanded, distended, bulging, inflamed, inflated, enlarged, dilated, bloated, blown-up, puffed up, puffy, ballooning, protruding, prominent, stretched, tumescent
swollen, distended, tumescent, engorged, tumefied, enlarged, bloated, bulging, protuberant, bulbous
2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or bombastic.
tumid oratory
Synonyms
bombastic, pompous, turgid, overblown, overripe, inflated, high-flown, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, flowery, ornate, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Latin tumidus, from tumere ‘to swell’.

单词	tumid
释义	Definition of tumid in English: tumid adjective ˈtjuːmɪdˈt(j)uməd 1(especially of a part of the body) swollen. a tumid belly Example sentencesExamples The rights to a future project currently sit in the directors tumid billfold. Plate surfaces more commonly exhibit a prominent tumid center. The jungle is dense, tumid, and bejeweled with parrots. It has a tumid rounded shape. What was he doing easing my friend up across his tumid belly and onto his lap? Synonyms expanded, distended, bulging, inflamed, inflated, enlarged, dilated, bloated, blown-up, puffed up, puffy, ballooning, protruding, prominent, stretched, tumescent swollen, distended, tumescent, engorged, tumefied, enlarged, bloated, bulging, protuberant, bulbous 2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or bombastic. tumid oratory Synonyms bombastic, pompous, turgid, overblown, overripe, inflated, high-flown, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, flowery, ornate, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund Derivatives tumidity noun tjuːˈmɪdɪtit(j)uˈmɪdədi There is often slight guarding and generalised tumidity of the abdomen similar to the ‘doughiness’ of tuberculous peritonitis. Example sentencesExamples The tumidity is, in fact, rather pronounced relative to the size of the shell. The orchestra added little apart from a certain unwelcome tumidity to music that would have been more at home as a Hollywood soundtrack. Varicose veins usually result in tumidity, atony and pains in the legs as well as eczema and ulcers, causing great trouble to the patients. The diction has in places a huge and rugged grandeur, which degenerates here and there into tumidity. tumidly adverb Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin tumidus, from tumere 'to swell'. Rhymes humid Definition of tumid in US English: tumid adjectiveˈt(j)umədˈt(y)o͞oməd 1(especially of a part of the body) swollen. a tumid belly Example sentencesExamples It has a tumid rounded shape. What was he doing easing my friend up across his tumid belly and onto his lap? The rights to a future project currently sit in the directors tumid billfold. The jungle is dense, tumid, and bejeweled with parrots. Plate surfaces more commonly exhibit a prominent tumid center. Synonyms expanded, distended, bulging, inflamed, inflated, enlarged, dilated, bloated, blown-up, puffed up, puffy, ballooning, protruding, prominent, stretched, tumescent swollen, distended, tumescent, engorged, tumefied, enlarged, bloated, bulging, protuberant, bulbous 2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or bombastic. tumid oratory Synonyms bombastic, pompous, turgid, overblown, overripe, inflated, high-flown, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, flowery, ornate, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund Origin Mid 16th century: from Latin tumidus, from tumere ‘to swell’.
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