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turgid


 
  Grep  of  noun  turgid 
  turgidity 
  turgidness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  turgid 
 
  The  adj  turgid  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid  --  (ostentatiously  lofty  in  style;  "a  man  given  to  large  talk";  "tumid  political  prose") 
  2.  bloated,  distended,  puffed,  puffy,  swollen,  tumescent,  tumid,  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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  turgid 
 
  2  senses  of  turgid 
 
  Sense  1 
  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  rhetorical)  ->  unrhetorical 
 
  Sense  2 
  bloated,  distended,  puffed,  puffy,  swollen,  tumescent,  tumid,  turgid 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unhealthy)  ->  healthy 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  turgid 
 
  2  senses  of  turgid 
 
  Sense  1 
  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid 
  =>  rhetorical  (vs.  unrhetorical) 
 
  Sense  2 
  bloated,  distended,  puffed,  puffy,  swollen,  tumescent,  tumid,  turgid 
  =>  unhealthy  (vs.  healthy) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  turgid 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  turgid 
 
  turgid  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  turgid 
  turgid 
 
  Overview  of  adj  turgid 
 
  The  adj  turgid  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  bombastic,  declamatory,  large  orotund,  tumid,  turgid  --  (ostentatiously  lofty  in  style;  "a  man  given  to  large  talk";  "tumid  political  prose") 
  2.  bloated,  distended,  puffed,  puffy,  swollen,  tumescent,  tumid,  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") 



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