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 , tumidHis speeches are truly bombastic. -added by naila_inlas
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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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