turgid
Adjective Satellite
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Adj
- Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
- Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
Adjective
- Swollen or distended beyond normal size.
Examples
- After a triple word score, my opponent’s ego became rather TURGID.
- I have a turgid limb.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).
Synonyms
bombastic, declamatory, intumescent, large, orotund, puffy, tumescent, tumid, bloated, distended, grandiose, inflated, pompous, swelled, swollen, turgescent
Scrabble Score: 8
turgid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordturgid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
turgid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary