tumid
🇬🇧 UK/'tju:mid/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
adj.
Swollen or enlarged; (of language or style) pompous and bombastic.
肿胀的;(文风)浮夸的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.tumid prose浮夸的散文
- 2.tumid style浮夸的文风
- 3.[tumid rhetoric]夸张的言辞
- 4.tumid flesh肿胀的肌肤
Example Sentences
- 1.
The patient's tumid ankle indicated a possible fracture beneath the skin.
- 2.
Critics dismissed the politician's speech as tumid rhetoric full of empty promises.