turgid

Meaning

1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
2. Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
3. Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

Synonyms

swollen

bombastic

tumid

pompous

tumescent

orotund

puffy

magniloquent

declamatory

grandiloquent

intumescent

large

high-flown

purple

sententious

splurging

stilted

thick

turgent

oncootic

bloated

turgescent

blubber

close

consequential

exaggerated

flamboyant

flatulent

grandiose

hifalutin

highfaluting

high-sounding

plethoric

pontifical

Translations

geschwollen

πρησμένος

gonfio

enflé

boursouflé

turgido

bombástico

turgidus

abartmalı

aufgeblasen

inflat

ampoulé

gezwollen

ampolloso

şiş

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd/

Etymology

From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).