| ADJECTIVE | all | turgid, bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid | ostentatiously lofty in style |
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| all | turgid, puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas |
| Sounds | ter'jhihd | |
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| Rhymes | abbreviated ... wrongheaded: 610 rhymes with ihd... | |
| Meaning | ostentatiously lofty in style. | |
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| Synonyms | bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid | |
| Broader | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
| Spanish | bombástico, declamatorio, enfático, hinchado | |
| Catalan | declamatori, emfàtic, inflat | |
| Nouns | turgidity, turgidness | pompously embellished language |
| Adverbs | turgidly | in a turgid manner |
| Meaning | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas. | |
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| Synonyms | puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid | |
| Broader | unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
| Spanish | distendido, hinchado, inflado, tumescente, túmido | |
| Catalan | distès, inflat, tumescent, túmid | |
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