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turgidity

/tur-jid/US // ˈtɜr dʒɪd //UK // (ˈtɜːdʒɪd) //

干瘪性,干瘪度,干瘪,干瘪程度

Related Words

bloated臃肿的,臃肿,膨胀的,臃肿不堪的distended膨胀的,胀大的,臃肿的,臃肿inflated膨胀的,膨大的,膨胀,膨胀型puffy蓬松的,蓬头垢面,蓬头垢面的,蓬松tumescent膨体,膨胀型,膨胀式,肿胀性tumid瘤子,瘤,瘤子的,瘤子的人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : swollen; distended; tumid.
    • : inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounbombast
Synonyms
balderdash胡说八道,狗屁不通,胡扯,废话连篇claptrap胡说八道,哗众取宠,废话连篇,废话fustian锈迹斑斑,锈蚀,锈色,锈迹斑斑的grandiloquence大言不惭,大言不惭的,大言不惭地,大嘴histrionics组织学,组织性的,组织性的东西magniloquence口若悬河,口才,口才好,语调pomposity浮夸风,浮夸,虚张声势,浮夸风气rant咆哮,大喊大叫,咆哮声,咆哮着orotundity财富,丰富性,丰富的资源,肥胖症

Examples

  • Tympanī′tis, inflammation of the membrane of the ear; Tym′pany, any swelling, turgidity: tympanites.

  • What remains, is a species of pseudo-emotion which must be characterized as lachrymose hysteria or turgidity.

  • The serenity and calm of Plato and Aristotle are gone, and in their place we have turgidity and extravagance.

  • No one can for a moment doubt that her feelings are real, but neither can the turgidity and bombast of her language be denied.

  • He paced the floor in impatience while Mr. Turgidity blew the clouds of dust from precedent after precedent.

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