as in swollen
enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure
turgid leeches having had their fill of blood
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Recent Examples of turgid
Avery, the heroine of Anika Jade Levy’s debut novel, Flat Earth (Catapult, $26), spends many turgid nights with a pedant.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Like many disaster movies, this is a turgid soap opera that’s blown apart by chaos.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The water, in the turgid, late afternoon light, was gray and swift.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Apart from the appealing cynicism of the villains, which provides the only relief in an otherwise turgid film, the picture remains curiously flat and unmemorable.
—Paul Mungo, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
Like many disaster movies, this is a turgid soap opera that’s blown apart by chaos.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The water, in the turgid, late afternoon light, was gray and swift.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Apart from the appealing cynicism of the villains, which provides the only relief in an otherwise turgid film, the picture remains curiously flat and unmemorable.
—Paul Mungo, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turgid
swollen
Adjective
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Photos from the hospital show him with a bandage on his head, a bruised, swollen eye and a bloody gash on his cheek.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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After heavy rain, swollen streams can burst their banks, carrying mud and boulders down the mountainsides.—
NPR,
NPR,
4 Apr. 2026
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