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单词 turgidity
释义

turgid

adjective

tur·​gid ˈtər-jəd How to pronounce turgid (audio)
1
: excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic, pompous
turgid prose
2
: being in a state of distension : swollen, tumid
turgid limbs
especially : exhibiting turgor
turgidity
ˌtər-ˈji-də-tē How to pronounce turgid (audio)
noun
turgidly
ˈtər-jəd-lē How to pronounce turgid (audio)
adverb
turgidness noun

Synonyms

  • bloated
  • blown
  • distended
  • overinflated
  • puffed
  • swollen
  • tumescent
  • tumid
  • varicose
  • varicosed
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Example Sentences

turgid leeches having had their fill of blood
Recent Examples on the Web The dogs reach the banks of the Luangwa River — 300 feet wide there and turgid from weeks of steady rain. New York Times, 20 June 2022 Regarded by some of his colleagues as a turgid, finger-wagging figure of limited charisma, Zawahiri saw his relevance in the firmament of global Islamist radicalism fade during the past decade. Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2022 When the market crashed in 1987, for example, Fed officials planned to deliver a turgid technical response. New York Times, 25 May 2022 There’s nothing to play because there’s nothing of any interest in the character, or in the whole mysteriously turgid film. Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2022 Babar needs to throw his weight around and demand more suitable home pitches otherwise Pakistan will start moulding into the turgid team that finished this mostly dreary series. Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2022 In the morning, the Hemi V8’s cold-start cycle sounds like Jack Kennedy is firing up the old PT 109, but the engine quickly settles into a turgid throb. Dan Neil, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022 As the truly turgid game against Milan at San Siro exemplified, Juve’s lack of creativity has been a major theme of their season. Emmet Gates, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022 The man who would become known as the dean of American banking lawyers—an authority on the most arcane legal precedents and turgid regulatory subsections—started off wanting a literary life and found time to write whimsical poems. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Latin turgidus, from turgēre to be swollen

First Known Use

1620, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Medical Definition

turgid

adjective

tur·​gid ˈtər-jəd How to pronounce turgid (audio)
: being in a normal or abnormal state of distension : swollen, tumid
turgid limbs
turgid living cells

turgidity

noun

as in pomposity

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • pomposity
  • windiness
  • verbosity
  • rhetoric
  • grandiloquence
  • rhapsody
  • magniloquence
  • wind
  • bloviation
  • oratory
  • rodomontade
  • bombast
  • braggadocio
  • prattle
  • gasconade
  • babble
  • gibberish
  • fanfaronade
  • gabble
  • bluster
  • prating
  • hot air
  • gibber
  • drivel
  • chatter
  • swagger
  • rhodomontade
  • rant
  • egotism
  • jabber
  • blab
  • bull
  • brag
  • patter
  • vaunt
  • cockalorum
  • yammering
  • gas
  • jawing
  • self-conceit
  • self-importance
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