turgid[adjective]Synonyms: inflated, dropsical, dropsied, flatulent, overblown, tumescent, tumid, windy, rhetorical, aureate, bombastic, euphuistic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, swelling, swollen
Related Words: swelling,
turgescent [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
tur‧gid /ˈtɜːdʒəd, ˈtɜːdʒɪd $ ˈtɜːr-/
adjective formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: Latin;
Origin: turgidus, from turgere 'to be swollen']
1. turgid writing or speech is boring and difficult to understand
Synonym : dull:
a turgid Social Science textbook2. full and swollen with liquid or air
—turgidity /tɜːˈdʒɪdəti, tɜːˈdʒɪdɪti $ tɜːr-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲