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turgid - Dictionary definition and meaning for turgid

TURGID

  • (adj.) 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

  • (adj.) ostentatiously lofty in style

    "a man given to large talk", "tumid political prose"

    synonyms : bombastic , declamatory , large , orotund , tumid

    His speeches are truly bombastic. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for turgid

  • (Tag: ) both turgid and tumid sound a little like "too much"

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  • (Tag: ) People always tell tragedies by overblowing them

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  • (Tag: ) TURGID= (TURBID and TURGID river). If there is extreme turbidity in the river, then the river must a turgid river(swollen),because it washes away the mud from the bank.

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  • (Tag: Assimilator) Tu(you) r(are) gid (gas+solid=gid) If you are all gas and solid about yourself, the you are POMPOUS

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  • (Tag: ) can be read as To+Get+rid of MUD = muddy

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  • (Tag: ) Iceberg(Turg) + in(i) + dialogue(d):- means using bombastic words in speech

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  • (Tag: ) the sea water is turgid.

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  • (Tag: ) turgid - adj form of turgor which means vigor and energy - and when used too much it becomes turgid opposite to flaccid

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  • (Tag: global) 'tumid" "turgid" sounds like tumor...which means over blown

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  • (Tag: ) turgid - giddy with gas or tummy

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  • (Tag: ) it's boring as turd

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  • (Tag: ) Sound similar to turn+gas= I'm bloated and I need to turn gas

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  • (Tag: ) Turgid and Tumid are synonyms which also rhyme.

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  • (Tag: hindi) TUR(swim)+ID - on ED's day I dont want to swim in water because it is very TURGID

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  • (Tag: ) Associate the G in turgid to Gross (swollen)

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