turgid

English Thesaurus

1. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas (adj.all)

similar	:	unhealthy,
definition	:	not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind (adj.all)

2. ostentatiously lofty in style (adj.all)

similar	:	rhetorical,
definition	:	given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought (adj.all)

3. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas (adj.all)

derivation	:	lump, puffiness, swelling,
definition	:	an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement (noun.state)

derivation	:	intumescence, intumescency,
definition	:	swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) (noun.state)

derivation	:	tumescence,
definition	:	tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues (noun.state)

derivation	:	tumidity, tumidness,
definition	:	slight swelling of an organ or part (noun.state)

derivation	:	intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce,
definition	:	expand abnormally (verb.change)

4. ostentatiously lofty in style (adj.all)

derivation	:	largeness, pretension, pretentiousness,
definition	:	the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant,
definition	:	pompous or pretentious talk or writing (noun.communication)

derivation	:	flatulence, turgidity, turgidness,
definition	:	pompously embellished language (noun.communication)

5. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas (adj.all)

derivation	:	lump, puffiness, swelling,
definition	:	an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement (noun.state)

derivation	:	intumescence, intumescency,
definition	:	swelling up with blood or other fluids (as with congestion) (noun.state)

derivation	:	tumescence,
definition	:	tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues (noun.state)

derivation	:	tumidity, tumidness,
definition	:	slight swelling of an organ or part (noun.state)

derivation	:	intumesce, swell, swell up, tumefy, tumesce,
definition	:	expand abnormally (verb.change)

6. ostentatiously lofty in style (adj.all)

derivation	:	largeness, pretension, pretentiousness,
definition	:	the quality of being pretentious (behaving or speaking in such a manner as to create a false appearance of great importance or worth) (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	blah, bombast, claptrap, fustian, rant,
definition	:	pompous or pretentious talk or writing (noun.communication)

derivation	:	flatulence, turgidity, turgidness,
definition	:	pompously embellished language (noun.communication)