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
The water, in the turgid, late afternoon light, was gray and swift.
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Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
Only one Test has resulted in a draw since Stokes and McCullum joined forces on the back of a particularly turgid period during which England had won only one game in 17 under a far more conservative management duo of skipper Joe Root and coach Chris Silverwood.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 12 July 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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This $15 option from Basic Concepts attaches to your tray table, creating a swinging hammock that provides relief for tired, swollen feet.—
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Or noticing that your hands feel inexplicably stiff and swollen, making simple tasks like opening a jar or even typing feel unusually difficult.—
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“Turgid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turgid. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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