turgid
turgid
Definition
tur·gid (tʉr′jid)
adjective
- swollen; distended
- bombastic; pompous; grandiloquent
Etymology: L turgidus < turgere, to swell
tur·gid′·ity noun or tur′·gid·ness
tur′·gidly adverb
turgid
Synonyms
turgid
modif.
turgid
Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- keep: It is needed for photosynthesis and keeping the cells turgid.
Modifies a noun
- prose: Some fairly turgid prose is often broken up by an acid aside, for which the reader is too often rather thankful.
- rubbish: These boards have become nothing but turgid rubbish, no wonder people left them and others hardly drop in anymore.
- book: Look, if I wanted to read a turgid history book, I'd read a turgid history book.
- mess: Unfortunately, what you get instead is a bit of turgid mess.
- stuff: The first half was pretty turgid stuff from both sides as Swindon struggled to get out of first gear.
- document: There is nothing less read and less used than a long and turgid policy document.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: Although there is much to recommend this book, some chapters can be rather turgid, and the high price may well dissuade many.
- pretty: It's a pretty turgid take on the underwhelming soft indie rock genre.
- so: Unfortunately, this Opinion was so turgid as to be almost incomprehensible and did little to clarify the specific points at issue.
- fairly: Some fairly turgid prose is often broken up by an acid aside, for which the reader is too often rather thankful.
- very: The plants obviously benefitted, becoming very turgid and greener.
- somewhat: When I skim-read his somewhat turgid and self-centred biography of his father I thought that the old legal eagle must have been pretty unpleasant.
Used with adjective complement
- become: It is not a very readable piece, and becomes quite turgid when discussing interpretation.
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