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31turgid — /ˈtɜdʒəd / (say terjuhd) adjective 1. pompous or bombastic, as language, style, etc. 2. swollen; distended; tumid. {Latin turgidus} –turgidity /tɜˈdʒɪdəti/ (say ter jiduhtee), turgidness, noun –turgidly, adverb …
32turgid — adj. 1 swollen, inflated, enlarged. 2 (of language) pompous, bombastic. Derivatives: turgidity n. turgidly adv. turgidness n. Etymology: L turgidus f. turgere swell …
33turbid, turgid — It is seldom possible to tell with certainty whether a writer is using turgid in its proper sense or is confusing it with turbid, but confusion would appear to be the case here: She insisted on reading the entire turgid work aloud, a dusk to… …
34turbid, turgid — It is seldom possible to tell with certainty whether a writer is using turgid in its proper sense or is confusing it with turbid, but confusion would appear to be the case here: She insisted on reading the entire turgid work aloud, a dusk to… …
35dithyramb — /dith euh ram , ramb /, n. 1. a Greek choral song or chant of vehement or wild character and of usually irregular form, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus. 2. any poem or other composition having similar characteristics, as an impassioned …
36inflated — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distended, swollen, puffed, puffed up, extended, filled, grown, stretched, dilated, spread, enlarged, amplified, augmented, pumped up, overblown, blown up, exaggerated, exalted, bloated, full, crammed, aggrandized,… …
37High-flown — a. 1. Elevated; proud. High flown hopes. Denham. [1913 Webster] 2. Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high flown language. M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] …
38inflated — inflatedly, adv. inflatedness, n. /in flay tid/, adj. 1. distended with air or gas; swollen. 2. puffed up, as with pride. 3. turgid or bombastic: his inflated prose. 4. unduly increased in level: inflated costs. 5. Econ. unduly expanded in amount …
39swollen — swollenly, adv. swollenness, n. /swoh leuhn/, v. 1. a pp. of swell. adj. 2. enlarged by or as by swelling; puffed up; tumid. 3. turgid or bombastic. * * * …
40high-flown — a. 1. Elevated, presumptuous, swollen, proud, lofty. 2. Extravagant, lofty, high colored, over drawn, overstrained. 3. Turgid, swollen, bombastic, pretentious, pompous, strained …
