turgid

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turgid

The river became turgid after the heavy rains.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Abnormally swollen or distended, especially due to fluid or gas: Describes something that is enlarged beyond its normal size, often in an unhealthy or unnatural way, typically because it is filled with fluid or gas.
    • Excessively ornate or complex in style, especially in language or writing: Describes language, speech, or writing that is overly elaborate, pompous, and difficult to understand, often in an attempt to sound impressive.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective (Swollen):
    • The doctor noted the turgid tissue around the wound.
    • After the allergic reaction, her skin became red and turgid.
  • Adjective (Ornate Style):
    • The professor's turgid prose made the simple concept difficult to grasp.
    • I gave up reading the novel because of its turgid descriptions.
Advanced Usage
  • In a medical/biological context: Often used to describe cells, tissues, or body parts that are swollen due to internal pressure from fluid (turgor pressure).
    • A plant cell becomes turgid when it takes in water.
  • In literary criticism: Used to criticize writing that is bombastic and inflated.
    • The speech was dismissed as turgid rhetoric, lacking any real substance.
Variants and Related Words
  • Turgidity (n): The state or quality of being turgid.
    • The turgidity of the plant stem indicated it was well-watered.
    • The turgidity of his writing style puts off many readers.
  • Turgor (n): The state of being swollen or distended, especially in biological contexts (e.g., the normal rigidity of plant cells due to water content).
    • The loss of turgor in the leaves showed the plant needed water.
Synonyms
  • For "swollen": Bloated, distended, tumescent, puffy, inflated.
  • For "ornate style": Bombastic, grandiloquent, pompous, overblown, florid, pretentious.
Antonyms
  • For "swollen": Shrunken, deflated, flat.
  • For "ornate style": Simple, plain, lucid, straightforward, unadorned.
Related Phrases and Idioms

(While "turgid" itself is not commonly used in fixed idioms, it describes a quality often referenced in criticism.) - To be turgid with pride: (A descriptive phrase, not a fixed idiom) To be inflated or swollen with arrogance. - His turgid speech was a clear sign he was turgid with pride after the victory.

turgid

The river became turgid after the heavy rains.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. ostentatiously lofty in style
    • a man given to large talk
    • tumid political prose

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