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Turgid

  1. adjective

    abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

    hungry children with bloated stomachs

    Similar: puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid

  2. adjective

    ostentatiously lofty in style

    a man given to large talk

    Similar: bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid

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turgidness · turgidity · turgidly

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Turbid

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