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Turgid Moderate

Turgid has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

ostentatiously lofty in style

"a man given to large talk"

"tumid political prose"

2

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"

3

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

Example Sentences
"a man given to large talk" adjective
"tumid political prose" adjective
"hungry children with bloated stomachs" adjective
"he had a grossly distended stomach" adjective
"eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids" adjective
"swollen hands" adjective
"tumescent tissue" adjective
"puffy tumid flesh" adjective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
gid argid algid lagid rigid migid magid aegid frigid trogid progid largid tungid pongid tingid vangid fulgid pergid brigid maggid
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