Definition of turgid Turgid
/tɚˈʤɪd/ - [terjid] - tur•gid
We found 7 definitions of turgid from 4 different sources.
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| turgid - abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" | ||
| puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid | ||
| unhealthy not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate" | ||
| turgid - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" | ||
| bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid | ||
| rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- turgid (a.)
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit. - turgid (a.)
Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
