Turgid
adjective
Swollen or bloated.
Her ankle was turgid from the injury.
Often appears as...
- turgid ankle
- turgid with fluid
adjective
Complicated and difficult to understand, often deliberately so.
His turgid political essays are difficult to comprehend.
Often appears as...
- turgid prose
- turgid style
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Excessively ornate or complex in style or language.
The poet's turgid verses lacked simplicity and clarity.
Often appears as...
- turgid verses
- turgid writing
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
adjective
Swollen or bloated.
Her ankle was turgid from the injury.
Often appears as...
- turgid ankle
- turgid with fluid
adjective
Complicated and difficult to understand, often deliberately so.
His turgid political essays are difficult to comprehend.
Often appears as...
- turgid prose
- turgid style
Usage tips
Disapproving
Academic
adjective
Excessively ornate or complex in style or language.
The poet's turgid verses lacked simplicity and clarity.
Often appears as...
- turgid verses
- turgid writing
Usage tips
Disapproving
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Use 'turgid' to describe body parts that are abnormally swollen.
After the bee sting, his face looked turgid.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Turgid' often implies discomfort or a negative reaction to swelling.
She didn't wear her shoes because of her turgid feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
'Turgid' is used in medical situations involving swelling or fluids.
The doctor noted the patient's turgid abdomen.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Use 'turgid' to describe body parts that are abnormally swollen.
After the bee sting, his face looked turgid.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Turgid' often implies discomfort or a negative reaction to swelling.
She didn't wear her shoes because of her turgid feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
'Turgid' is used in medical situations involving swelling or fluids.
The doctor noted the patient's turgid abdomen.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Condition
Use 'turgid' to describe body parts that are abnormally swollen.
After the bee sting, his face looked turgid.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Turgid' often implies discomfort or a negative reaction to swelling.
She didn't wear her shoes because of her turgid feet.
Pro Tip 3/3Medical Context
'Turgid' is used in medical situations involving swelling or fluids.
The doctor noted the patient's turgid abdomen.
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they can't be exactly the same in more turgid pros but closer to the truth was the father of modern capitalism Adam Smith and he said this this is worth contemplating the great source of both the misery and disorders of human life seems to arise from overrating the
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Apes with Tools PIPE...
fantastic discovery it was made here in this remote research outpost head in belly by a swampy forest clearing in the northern Congo where frolicking elephants create pools of turgid water
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The surprising science...
they can't be exactly the same in more turgid pros but closer to the truth was the father of modern capitalism Adam Smith and he said this this is worth contemplating the great source of both the misery and disorders of human life seems to arise from overrating the
Video examples
Apes with Tools PIPE...
fantastic discovery it was made here in this remote research outpost head in belly by a swampy forest clearing in the northern Congo where frolicking elephants create pools of turgid water
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Tom Rachman
English Novelist
A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.
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Michael Korda
English Novelist
The huge, turgid work of history, sinking under the weight of its own 'politically correct' thesis and its foot- and source notes, is not the British way of writing history, and never has been.
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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
American Politician
The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.
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James Fenimore Cooper
American Writer
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.
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John Cooper Clarke
English Poet
Too many memoirs focus on childhoods and it's a bit turgid.
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Carol Ann Duffy
British Poet
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
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Tom Rachman
English Novelist
A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.
Quote examples
Michael Korda
English Novelist
The huge, turgid work of history, sinking under the weight of its own 'politically correct' thesis and its foot- and source notes, is not the British way of writing history, and never has been.
Quote examples
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
American Politician
The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.
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James Fenimore Cooper
American Writer
The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.
Quote examples
William Shatner
Canadian Actor
The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.
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John Cooper Clarke
English Poet
Too many memoirs focus on childhoods and it's a bit turgid.
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Carol Ann Duffy
British Poet
My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.
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