Be+turgid+or+bombastic
51turbid — , turgid The first means muddy or impenetrable; the second means inflated, grandiloquent, bombastic …
52turgidity — turgid ► ADJECTIVE 1) swollen and distended or congested. 2) (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic. DERIVATIVES turgidity noun turgidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin turgidus, from turgere to swell …
53turgidly — turgid ► ADJECTIVE 1) swollen and distended or congested. 2) (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic. DERIVATIVES turgidity noun turgidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin turgidus, from turgere to swell …
54fustian — I adjective bombastic, declamatory, flatulent, gausape, grandiloquent, grandiose, high flown, high sounding, inflated, mouthy, orotund, pompous, pretentious, ranting, swollen, tumid, turgid II noun affectation, altiloquence, bombast, bombastic… …
55inflated — inflated, flatulent, tumid, turgid mean filled with something insubstantial (as air or vapor). Inflated implies expansion by the introduction of something (as a gas) lacking in substance to the point where the walls are stretched taut or tension… …
56Italian literature — is literature written in the Italian language, particularly within Italy. It may also refer to literature written by Italians or in Italy in other languages spoken in Italy, often languages that are closely related to modern Italian. Early… …
57declamatory — adjective ostentatiously lofty in style a man given to large talk tumid political prose • Syn: ↑bombastic, ↑large, ↑orotund, ↑tumid, ↑turgid • Similar to: ↑ …
58grandiloquent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, histrionic, bombastic; see bombastic , oratorical . See Synonym Study at bombastic . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [gran DIL uh kwent] using big words to try to impress, bombastic. Many… …
59tumid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. turgid, swollen, distended, enlarged; protuberant, bulging; bombastic, pompous, inflated; teeming, bursting. See convexity, expansion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bulging, distended,… …
60Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …
