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11bombastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high sounding, high flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic,… …
12turgid — turbid, turgid The two words are unrelated but both can describe the flowing of water in their literal meanings (turbid means ‘opaque and cloudy’ and turgid means ‘swollen and overflowing’), and both refer to styles of writing in their figurative …
13turgid — adjective /ˈtɜːdʒɪd,ˈtɝːdʒɪd,ˈtɝːɡɪd/ a) Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force. I have a turgid limb. b) Tediously pompous or bombastic …
14bombastic — bombastically, adv. /bom bas tik/, adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) high sounding; high flown; inflated; pretentious. Also, bombastical. [1695 1705; BOMBAST + IC] Syn. pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose. BOMBASTIC, FLOWERY,… …
15turgid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See tumid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bloated, distended, puffy; see enlarged , inflated . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic, pompous, grandiloquent, purple*; see bombastic . See Synonym… …
16turgid — adjective Etymology: Latin turgidus, from turgēre to be swollen Date: 1620 1. being in a state of distension ; swollen, tumid < turgid limbs >; especially exhibiting turgor 2. excessively embellished in style or language ; bombastic, pompous …
17turgid — adjective 1) his turgid prose Syn: bombastic, pompous, overblown, inflated, tumid, high flown, puffed up, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, ornate, grandiloquent, orotund; informal highfalutin, purple Ant …
18bombastic — adjective ostentatiously lofty in style a man given to large talk tumid political prose • Syn: ↑declamatory, ↑large, ↑orotund, ↑tumid, ↑turgid • Similar to: ↑ …
19turgid — turgidity, turgidness, n. turgidly, adv. /terr jid/, adj. 1. swollen; distended; tumid. 2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language. [1660 70; < L turgidus, equiv. to turg(ere) to swell + idus ID4] * * * …
20turgid — tur•gid [[t]ˈtɜr dʒɪd[/t]] adj. 1) pat swollen; distended; tumid 2) inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language[/ex] • Etymology: 1660–70; < L turgidus=turg(ēre) to swell + idus id IV tur•gid′i•ty, tur′gid•ness, n. tur′gid•ly,… …
