Turgent

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  • adj. Rising into a tumour or a puffy state; tumid.
  • adj. Bombastic; turgid; pompous.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid.
  • adj. Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Swelling; tumid; rising into a tumor; puffy.
  • Tumid; turgid; inflated; pompous; bombastic.
    • Word Usage
    "In the latest turgent episode of "As the Crumbling Newspaper Industry Turns," news broke that Jay Mariotti, the $300,000-a-year (give or take a few thousand) controversial sports columnist at my old newspaper, The Chicago Sun-Times, abruptly quit."
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    Words with the same meaning
    swelling    tumid    inflated    bombastic    turgid    pompous   
     
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