English-Thai Dictionary

turgid

ADJ บวม  buam

 

turgid

ADJ โอ้อวด  aol-aud

 

turgidity

N การบวม  kan-buam

 

turgidity

N ความ โอ้อวด  kwam-ao-aud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TURGID

a.[L. turgidus, from turgeo, to swell. ] 1. Swelled; bloated; distended beyond its natural state by some internal agent or expansive force.
A bladder held by the fire grew turgid.
More generally, the word is applied to an enlarged part of the body; as a turgid limb.
2. Tumid; pompous; inflated; bombastic; as a turgid style; a turgid manner of talking.

 

TURGIDITY

n.State of being swelled; tumidness.

 

TURGIDLY

adv. With swelling or empty pomp.

 

TURGIDNESS

n.A swelling or swelled state of a thing; distention beyond its natural state by some internal force or agent, as in a limb. 1. Pompousness; inflated manner of writing or speaking; bombast; as the turgidness of language or style.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TURGID

Tur "gid, a. Etym: [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell. ]

 

1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit. A bladder. .. held near the fire grew turgid. Boyle.

 

2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. -- Tur "gid *ly, adv. -- Tur "gid *ness, n.

 

TURGIDITY

TURGIDITY Tur *gid "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: The quality or state of being turgid.

 

TURGIDOUS

TURGIDOUS Tur "gid *ous, a.

 

Defn: Turgid. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

turgid

tur gid |ˈtərjid ˈtərʤəd | ▶adjective swollen and distended or congested: a turgid and fast-moving river. • (of language or style ) tediously pompous or bombastic: some turgid verses on the death of Prince Albert. DERIVATIVES tur gid i ty |tərˈjiditē |noun, tur gid ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin turgidus, from turgere ‘to swell. ’ usage: On the differences in use between turgid and turbid, see usage at turbid .

 

Oxford Dictionary

turgid

turgid |ˈtəːdʒɪd | ▶adjective 1 swollen and distended or congested: a turgid and fast-moving river. 2 (of language or style ) tediously pompous or bombastic: some turgid verses on the death of Prince Albert. DERIVATIVES turgidity |-ˈdʒɪdɪti |noun, turgidly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin turgidus, from turgere ‘to swell ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

turgid

turgid adjective 1 his turgid prose: bombastic, pompous, overblown, inflated, tumid, high-flown, puffed up, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, ornate, grandiloquent, orotund; informal highfalutin, purple. ANTONYMS simple. 2 the tissues become turgid: swollen, distended, tumescent, engorged, bloated, tumid. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS See turbid . These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

turgid

turgid adjective 1 his turgid prose: bombastic, pompous, overblown, inflated, high-flown, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, flowery, ornate, magniloquent, grandiloquent, rhetorical, oratorical, orotund; stodgy, ponderous, laboured, strained, stilted; informal highfalutin, purple, windy; rare tumid, euphuistic, fustian, sesquipedalian, Ossianic. ANTONYMS simple, plain. 2 a turgid and fast-moving river: swollen, congested; in spate, in flood.

 

Spanish Dictionary

túrgido, -da

túrgido, -da adjetivo formal Turgente .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

turgid

tur gid /tə́ː r dʒɪd /形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〈言葉 文体などが 〉大げさな, 誇張した (pompous ).2 ふくれた, 腫 （は ）れ上がった (swollen ).～ly 副詞 tur g í d i ty /-dʒɪ́dəti /名詞