turgidity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turgidity
Noun
  • After all, as Everett reminds us with comic pomposity: The journey matters.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2025
  • Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • This working prompt injection came only after much trial and error, explaining the verbosity and the detail in it.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The truth is, there is rarely a Merritt Wever or an Adrien Brody in awards speeches—extreme cases of brevity or verbosity that stun both those in the room and at home.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Her Bluesky feed in the hours after Kirk’s murder was filled with inflammatory rhetoric.
    Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
  • While detailing the first in-person meeting between her and Rodríguez, Pascal spoke about the specific rhetoric that trans actors sometimes come up against, which is that trans actors should connect with trans subjects based solely on identity, rather than the many other aspects of their humanity.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Akerman turns the youths’ judgmental sociology into a romantic rhapsody with a shot that glides forward, from a wide view of Michèle and Paul submerged in a crowd to a tight double closeup of the two kissing.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The rest of this rhapsody in blue at the Alamodome?
    Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Tropical weather experts at Colorado State University (CSU) echo these predictions, saying overall atmospheric conditions, including wind patterns, will shift in a manner that supports a notable increase in activity.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Looking at individual share moves, wind energy developer Orsted shares fell more than 1% after the company revealed efforts to clinch new capital at a deep discount.
    Ryan Browne,Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Known for his extraordinary oratory skills, everyone who has been around Levy has a story to tell about his Marvisms and motivational speeches.
    Tim Graham, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Her brand at the time was something like the Obama of the antipodes: a liberal media darling, icon of the global anti-Trump resistance, transitioning smoothly from lofty oratory to easygoing relatability.
    Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
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“Turgidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turgidity. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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