Adjective: turgid tur-jid
- Abnormally expanded, esp. by fluids or gas
"eyes with puffed (or turgid) lids";
- puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, distended, bloated, swollen
- Ostentatiously lofty in style
"a man given to turgid talk";
- bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid
See also: rhetorical, unhealthy
Encyclopedia: Turgid