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turgid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid |
turgid::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid |
| Derivation | turgidity, turgidness |
Examples of turgid
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Mathew Tait's try shortly after half-time illuminated an otherwise turgid match.
From the guardian.co.uk
Water can then penetrate these cells by osmosis and cause them to become turgid.
From the newscientist.com
Waterscapes are filled with exotic plant life rising from a turgid watery base.
From the al.com
Its not the fans fault, they clearly can pick up on the turgid football on offer.
From the expressandstar.com
The New York Post got a head start with a turgid, unrevealing nine-part series.
From the time.com
The firm was the Dow's best performer last year, rising 91% in a turgid market.
From the time.com
The writing is often turgid and peppered with mixed metaphors and sloppy similes.
From the sacbee.com
At least Obertan looked good in spurts, he has looked turgid whole matches before.
From the guardian.co.uk
Native fish have nearly disappeared from now-turgid waters of the Aikwa River.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Bombastic: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- Puffy: 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"
- (turgidly) in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories"
- (turgidness) turgidity: pompously embellished language
- Turgor Pressure or turgidity is the main pressure of the cell contents against the cell wall in plant cells and bacteria cells, determined by the water content of the vacuole, resulting from osmotic pressure, i.e. ...
- Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force; Tediously pompous or bombastic
- (turgidity) the state or quality of being turgid
- The condition of a cell, tissue or plant when it is filled with water so that it is firm; not wilted.
- Swollen of inflated, sometimes with fluid
