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English adjective: turgid | |||
| 1. | turgid ostentatiously lofty in style | ||
| Samples | A man given to large talk. Tumid political prose. | ||
| Synonyms | bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid | ||
| Similar | rhetorical | ||
| Antonyms | unrhetorical | ||
| 2. | turgid abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | ||
| Samples | Hungry children with bloated stomachs. He had a grossly distended stomach. Eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids. Swollen hands. Tumescent tissue. Puffy tumid flesh. | ||
| Synonyms | intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid | ||
| Similar | unhealthy | ||
| Antonyms | healthy | ||
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