Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of 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.
• (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.

Synonyms of Turgid

• Bombastic
• Declamatory
• Large
• Orotund
• Tumid
• Puffy
• Intumescent
• Tumescent
• Tumid

Antonyms of Turgid

Homophones of Turgid