Synonyms for Turgid & Similar Words
Definition of turgid
- adjective
- ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- 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"
6 synonyms found
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