turgid

🇬🇧 UK/'tә:dʒid/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Swollen or distended with fluid; (of language or style) overly complex and pompous.

肿胀的;(文风)浮夸的,晦涩的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
turgroot
+
idhaving the quality of
=turgid

Common Collocations

  • 1.turgid prose浮夸的散文
  • 2.turgid writing晦涩的文字
  • 3.turgid style臃肿的文风
  • 4.[turgid rhetoric]夸张的言辞

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The professor's turgid prose made the textbook nearly impossible to read.

  • 2.

    After the injury, his ankle became turgid and painful to the touch.

  • 3.

    Critics dismissed the novel as turgid and self-indulgent, full of unnecessary complexity.

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