English dictionary
turgid meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of turgid at MeaningMonkey.org. turgid meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.TURGID adjective
Definition of turgid (adjective)
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- synonyms: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid
- 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"
- synonyms: intumescent, puffy, tumescent, tumid
Source: Princeton University Wordnet