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
Like many disaster movies, this is a turgid soap opera that’s blown apart by chaos.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The water, in the turgid, late afternoon light, was gray and swift.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
That was one of the weaknesses of Bryan Singer’s joyless and swiftly forgotten 2006 effort, Superman Returns, while by contrast, distancing itself so strenuously from the Donner model was the fatal flaw of Zack Snyder’s turgid Man of Steel in 2013, though that doom-and-gloom saga has its champions.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
After a frigid, turgid April (.147 average), everything’s starting to come to life again for one of the good dudes in the game.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 June 2025
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
The water, in the turgid, late afternoon light, was gray and swift.
—Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
That was one of the weaknesses of Bryan Singer’s joyless and swiftly forgotten 2006 effort, Superman Returns, while by contrast, distancing itself so strenuously from the Donner model was the fatal flaw of Zack Snyder’s turgid Man of Steel in 2013, though that doom-and-gloom saga has its champions.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2025
After a frigid, turgid April (.147 average), everything’s starting to come to life again for one of the good dudes in the game.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turgid
swollen
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Trump has attributed bruising on his hands to his heavy intake of aspirin to thin his blood and swollen ankles to chronic venous insufficiency.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
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If the cans are only swollen, the food may be safe to eat.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Turgid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turgid. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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