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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Turgid \Tur"gid\, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
     1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent
        or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated;
        tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the
        body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
                                                    --Boyle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious;
        bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
        [1913 Webster] -- Tur"gid*ly, adv. -- Tur"gid*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Turgid \Tur"gid\, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
     1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent
        or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated;
        tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the
        body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
  
              A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
                                                    --Boyle.
  
     2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious;
        bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. --
        Tur"gid*ly, adv. -- Tur"gid*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  turgid
       adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
              "tumid political prose" [syn: bombastic, declamatory,
               large, orotund, tumid]
       2: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
          children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
          distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";
          "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
          [syn: bloated, distended, puffed, puffy, swollen,
           tumescent, tumid]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  turgid
     a.
     distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially
  fluid, or expansive force.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  turgid
     a.
     distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially
  fluid, or expansive force.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  turgid
     a.
     distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially
  fluid, or expansive force.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  turgid
     a.
     distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially
  fluid, or expansive force.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  turgid
     Englanti a.
     turvonnut

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  turgid
     Engelska a.
     1 svulstig, uppsvullen
     2 (tagg kat=biologi språk=en text=om styvheten hos växter) styv

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  منتفخ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  turgid //ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd// //ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd// 
  1. подпухнал, подут
  distended beyond natural state
  2. високопарен, надут
  pompous or bombastic

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/ 
  nabubřelý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/ 
  oteklý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/ 
  opuchlý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/ 
  pompézní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  angeschwollen, geschwollen, ödematös  [med.]
     Synonyms: tumid, pasty, oedematous
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  blutgefüllt, blutreich, hyperämisch  [med.]
     Synonyms: hyperaemic, haematose, haematic
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  hochgestochen, geschwollen, schwülstig, geschwurbelt  [ugs.]  [pej.]  [ling.]
     Synonyms: high-flown, bombastic, grandiloquent, magniloquent
  
   see: magniloquent language
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  
  σπαργικός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  turgid //ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd// //ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd// 
  1. turvonnut
  distended beyond natural state
  2. mahtipontinen, suureellinen
  pompous or bombastic

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/ 
  1. सूजा~हुआ
        "The turgid waters of the river will subside."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  nadut, otekao

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  1. dagadt
  2. duzzadt
  3. felfúvódott

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  turgid //ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd// //ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd// 
  1. svulstig
  distended beyond natural state
  2. pompøs, svulstig
  pompous or bombastic

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  turgid /ˈtɜ:ʤɪd/ 
    napuszony

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  turgid //ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd// //ˈtɜː.d͡ʒɪd// 
  svulstig, uppsvullen
  distended beyond natural state

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  turgid /tˈɜːdʒɪd/
  1. şişmiş, şişkin, şiş
  2. abartmalı, şişirilmiş, tumturaklı. turgid'ity  şişkinlik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɝdʒɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "turgid":
     Latinate, aureate, awkward, bellied, bloated, blown up, bombastic,
     bug-eyed, bulged, cramped, cumbrous, dilated, distended, dropsical,
     edematous, elephantine, enchymatous, euphuistic, exophthalmic, fat,
     flatulent, flowery, forced, formal, fustian, gassy, goggle,
     goggled, grandiloquent, guinde, halting, heavy, incrassate,
     inflated, inkhorn, labored, leaden, lumbering, magniloquent,
     mouthy, overblown, plethoric, pompous, ponderous, pontifical,
     popeyed, pouched, puffed up, puffy, pursy, self-important,
     sesquipedalian, solemn, stiff, stilted, stuffy, swelled, swelling,
     swollen, tumescent, tumid, tumorous, turgescent, unwieldy, ventose,
     ventricose, windy
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  adj.肿胀的;浮夸的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 肿的,浮夸的

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