turgid

  • 21turgid language — index fustian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 22Turgid riffle shell — Taxobox name = Turgid riffle shell status = EX | status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Animalia phylum = Mollusca classis = Bivalvia ordo = Unionoida familia = Unionidae genus = Epioblasma species = E. turgidula binomial = Epioblasma turgidula… …

    Wikipedia

  • 23turgid, turbid — These look alikes are frequently confused but have nothing in common except looks. Turgid means swollen, overblown, inflated, distended, and pompous : The candidate then delivered a long, turgid speech. The stream is turgid because of spring… …

    Dictionary of problem words and expressions

  • 24turgid — swollen, inflated …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 25turgid — adj. [L. turgidus, swollen] Swollen; distended …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 26turgid — Synonyms and related words: Latinate, aureate, awkward, bellied, bloated, blown up, bombastic, bug eyed, bulged, cramped, cumbrous, dilated, distended, dropsical, edematous, elephantine, enchymatous, euphuistic, exophthalmic, fat, flatulent,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 27túrgid — túr|gid Mot Pla Adjectiu variable …

    Diccionari Català-Català

  • 28turgid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See tumid. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bloated, distended, puffy; see enlarged , inflated . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic, pompous, grandiloquent, purple*; see bombastic . See Synonym… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 29turgid — tur|gid [ tɜrdʒıd ] adjective 1. ) using language in a way that is complicated and difficult to understand 2. ) LITERARY swollen …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 30turgid — tur·gid || tÉœrdʒɪd / tɜː adj. swollen; pompous, bombastic …

    English contemporary dictionary

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