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41turbid, turgid — It is seldom possible to tell with certainty whether a writer is using turgid in its proper sense or is confusing it with turbid, but confusion would appear to be the case here: She insisted on reading the entire turgid work aloud, a dusk to… …
42torpid / turgid — Torpid means unresponsive, lacking alertness : Prunella tried to elicit answers from the torpid students in front of her. Turgid means very ornate and decorative : The author s turgid writing style lost my interest quickly. It can also mean …
43torpid / turgid — Torpid means unresponsive, lacking alertness : Prunella tried to elicit answers from the torpid students in front of her. Turgid means very ornate and decorative : The author s turgid writing style lost my interest quickly. It can also mean …
44Turgidly — Turgid Tur gid, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.] 1. 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 …
45Turgidness — Turgid Tur gid, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.] 1. 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 …
46turbid — , turgid The first means muddy or impenetrable; the second means inflated, grandiloquent, bombastic …
47turgidity — turgid ► ADJECTIVE 1) swollen and distended or congested. 2) (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic. DERIVATIVES turgidity noun turgidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin turgidus, from turgere to swell …
48turgidly — turgid ► ADJECTIVE 1) swollen and distended or congested. 2) (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic. DERIVATIVES turgidity noun turgidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin turgidus, from turgere to swell …
49inflated — inflated, flatulent, tumid, turgid mean filled with something insubstantial (as air or vapor). Inflated implies expansion by the introduction of something (as a gas) lacking in substance to the point where the walls are stretched taut or tension… …
50turbid — turbid, turgid The two words are unrelated but both can describe the flowing of water in their literal meanings (turbid means ‘opaque and cloudy’ and turgid means ‘swollen and overflowing’), and both refer to styles of writing in their figurative …
