turgid
/'tə:dʤid/
Definition
- 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.
Adjective
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abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
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hungry children with bloated stomachs
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he had a grossly distended stomach
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eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
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swollen hands
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tumescent tissue
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puffy tumid flesh
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ostentatiously lofty in style
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a man given to large talk
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tumid political prose
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