What is another word for turgid?
403 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɜːd͡ʒɪd], [ tˈɜːdʒɪd], [ t_ˈɜː_dʒ_ɪ_d]
When it comes to expressing the idea of being swollen, bloated, or pompous, the word "turgid" comes to mind. However, there are plenty of other synonyms you can use to convey the same idea in a more varied and nuanced manner. For instance, "inflated" and "bombastic" suggest an excess of words or ideas, while "swollen" and "bloated" are more concerned with physical characteristics. "Pompous," "overblown," and "pretentious" all convey a sense of self-important grandiosity. And if you're looking for a more precise or specialized alternative, you could try "logorrheic" (excessively verbose), "pleonastic" (using unnecessary words), or "hyperbolic" (exaggerated).
Synonyms for Turgid:
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adj.
• elegant • overblown • pretentious • stodgy • windy • bloated • bombastic- big talking ,
- bigtalking ,
- full hot air ,
- more balderdash ,
- more big talking ,
- more big-talking ,
- more bigtalking ,
- more euphuistic ,
- more windbag ,
- most balderdash ,
- most big talking ,
- most big-talking ,
- most bigtalking ,
- most euphuistic ,
- most windbag .
- blown up ,
- more broadened ,
- more caricatured ,
- more elaborated ,
- more intensified ,
- more lengthened ,
- more widened ,
- most broadened ,
- most caricatured ,
- most elaborated ,
- most intensified ,
- most lengthened ,
- most widened .
- ex tended ,
- ex-tended ,
- more aggrandized ,
- more amplified ,
- more augmented ,
- more dilated ,
- more dropsical ,
- more magnified ,
- more overestimated ,
- more rhapsodical ,
- more spread ,
- more surcharged ,
- most aggrandized ,
- most amplified ,
- most augmented ,
- most dilated ,
- most dropsical ,
- most magnified ,
- most overestimated ,
- most rhapsodical ,
- most spread ,
- most surcharged ,
- over estimated ,
- over-estimated ,
- sur charged ,
- sur-charged .
- Over-bearing ,
- high mighty ,
- more highfaluting ,
- most highfaluting ,
- over bearing ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- self centered ,
- self important ,
- selfcentered ,
- selfimportant ,
- stuckup ,
- up pity ,
- up-pity .
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n.
• puffed • turgid Other synonyms:
- difficult ,
- flatulent ,
- unreadable .
Other relevant words:
- Altiloquent ,
- Beautified ,
- Big-sounding ,
- Blubbered ,
- Bulged ,
- Euphuistic ,
- Exophthalmic ,
- Extruding ,
- Flabelliform ,
- Flaunting ,
- Gairish ,
- Goggled ,
- Incrassate ,
- Inkhorn ,
- Intumescent ,
- Janty ,
- Oedematous ,
- Patulous ,
- Sesquipedal ,
- Tumefacient ,
- Tumefying ,
- Tumorous ,
- Turgescent ,
- Uncourtly ,
- abdominous ,
- abrupt ,
- abscess ,
- affected ,
- arrogant ,
- artificial ,
- aureate ,
- awkward ,
- barbarous ,
- beetling ,
- bellied ,
- big ,
- blah ,
- bland ,
- blister ,
- bloat ,
- bloated ,
- blown ,
- blowzy ,
- boastful ,
- boil ,
- boring ,
- bouffant ,
- breathing heavily ,
- bug-eyed ,
- bulbous ,
- bulge ,
- bulging ,
- bump ,
- circuitous ,
- clean ,
- clumsy ,
- colourless ,
- conceited ,
- convex ,
- cramped ,
- crude ,
- cumbrous ,
- dashing ,
- deadly ,
- dilated ,
- distension ,
- dreary ,
- dropsical ,
- dry ,
- dry-as-dust ,
- dull ,
- edematous ,
- effusive ,
- egotistic ,
- egotistical ,
- elegant ,
- elephantine ,
- enceinte ,
- enchymatous ,
- engorged ,
- enlarged ,
- erect ,
- euphemistic ,
- exaggerated ,
- excrescent ,
- expanded ,
- expansive ,
- expectant ,
- extravagant ,
- extrusive ,
- fat ,
- filled to overflowing ,
- flamboyant ,
- flaming ,
- flashing ,
- flashy ,
- flat ,
- flooding ,
- florid ,
- flowery ,
- fluent ,
- forced ,
- formal ,
- frothy ,
- fustian ,
- garish ,
- garrulous ,
- gassy ,
- gaudy ,
- gay ,
- generous ,
- gibbous ,
- glib ,
- glittering ,
- goggle ,
- gorged ,
- graceless ,
- grand ,
- grandiloquent ,
- grandiose ,
- gravid ,
- great ,
- grotesque ,
- growth ,
- gusty ,
- halting ,
- harsh ,
- heavy ,
- hifalutin ,
- high-flown ,
- high-sounding ,
- highfalutin ,
- ho-hum ,
- huffing ,
- humdrum ,
- hump ,
- hypertrophied ,
- increase ,
- inelegant ,
- inflammation ,
- inflation ,
- influential ,
- jaunty ,
- jejune ,
- jutting ,
- labored ,
- laborious ,
- laboured ,
- larger ,
- leaden ,
- liberal ,
- lofty ,
- long-winded ,
- loquacious ,
- lumbering ,
- lump ,
- macroscopic ,
- macroscopical ,
- magnanimous ,
- magniloquent ,
- mannered ,
- misinform ,
- mislead ,
- mouthy ,
- nub ,
- obese ,
- ornament ,
- ornate ,
- ostentatious ,
- outsized ,
- overdone ,
- overflowing ,
- overgrown ,
- overhanging ,
- overinflated ,
- oversized ,
- palatial ,
- pear-shaped ,
- pedantic ,
- pedestrian ,
- periphrastic ,
- pleonastic ,
- plethoric ,
- pompous ,
- ponderous ,
- pontifical ,
- popeyed ,
- pouched ,
- pretentious ,
- prim ,
- projecting ,
- projection ,
- prolix ,
- prominence ,
- prominent ,
- protruding ,
- protrusion ,
- protrusive ,
- protuberance ,
- protuberant ,
- proud ,
- puff ,
- puffed out ,
- puffed-up ,
- puffiness ,
- puffing ,
- purple ,
- pursy ,
- queer ,
- rambling ,
- ready to burst ,
- rhipidate ,
- rich ,
- rotund ,
- round ,
- rude ,
- self-important ,
- sententious ,
- sesquipedalian ,
- showy ,
- solemn ,
- sonorous ,
- speak ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- stodgy ,
- stuffy ,
- swell ,
- swelled ,
- swelling ,
- talkative ,
- tedious ,
- tiresome ,
- tumor ,
- turgidity ,
- uncouth ,
- ungraceful ,
- unimaginative ,
- uninteresting ,
- unnatural ,
- unpolished ,
- unrelaxed ,
- unwieldy ,
- vain ,
- vapid ,
- varicose ,
- ventose ,
- ventricose ,
- verbalize ,
- verbose ,
- voluble ,
- weep ,
- wooden ,
- wordy .
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How to use "Turgid" in context?
What does the word "turgid" mean?
The word "turgid" means extremely full or swollen, especially with blood or water. It can also refer to something that is dull or lacking in energy or life.
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