turgid
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8.9
- adjective
- /ˈtɜrdʒɪd/
- Formal
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turgente
- A surprising number of critically acclaimed books are turgid, clunky, or both.
- turgid prose
- turgid style
They lean on Rousseff's John Rushdoony who was a Nazi sympathizer, his Institutes of Biblical Law which is pretty turgid, which I've read.
- They lean on Rousseff's John Rushdoony who was a Nazi sympathizer, his Institutes of Biblical Law which is pretty turgid, which I've read.
Examples
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I took a beautiful, sensitive story and turned it into a turgid, boring movie.
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It's easy to lose that idea amongst all the turgid tributes of the last few months.
Blog text (5) -
People said existing books were too fat with turgid prose, but at the same time too light on substance.
Blog text (14) -
Let's not get into one of those turgid categorical imperative arguments.
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Many complain that Hawthorne's style is too turgid, too stilted, and dense to be enjoyable.
Blog text (9) -
Greenberg sometimes used turgid descriptions such as "diaphanous iridescences" to describe Monet's use of color.
Academic text (1992) -
The professor's lecture was so turgid that many students struggled to stay awake.
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Critics described the author's latest novel as turgid and lacking in clarity.
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Her speech was filled with turgid phrases that made it difficult to follow her argument.
Synonyms
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7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
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8.5
Using big, showy words that have little real meaning
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9.9
Too confident and rude in a way that annoys other people
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8.3
Speaking loudly and in a dramatic way to try to impress people
Speech or writing that uses big words to seem important
Speech or writing that uses very grand, showy language
Antonyms
How Pompous
Surface Forms
Etymology
Turgid comes from the Latin verb turgēre, which means 'to swell'. A turgid style is like language that is swollen with long, showy words, so it feels overblown and hard to read.