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
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Early March 14, ICE said in its statement, Mohammed Nazeer Paktiawal was eating breakfast when medical staff noted that his tongue had become swollen, prompting a medical response.—
Marissa Armas,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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To shorten a branch, make a cut above a healthy bud, and remove whole branches by cutting at an angle at the swollen collar area where the branch meets the trunk.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Turgid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turgid. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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