turgidity
Bombastic, overblown quality
Turgidity is the state of being swollen or distended, particularly from internal pressure.
In biology, it describes plant cells filled with water, making stems and leaves firm.
More often the word appears figuratively, describing language or style that is pompous and overblown: The turgidity of his prose made it nearly unreadable.
Swollen from pressure within
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- swollenAbnormally enlarged
- tumescentGrowing distended
- tumidSwollen or bombastic
edema · inflammation · puffiness · bloating · enlargement · tumefaction · protuberance · distension
Pompous, extravagant language
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
ostentation · self-importance · loftiness · affectation · pedantry · flamboyance · showiness · boastfulness
distended
Swollen from pressure within
tumid · edema · inflammation · puffiness · bloating · enlargement · tumefaction · protuberance · distension · engorgement
grandiloquence
Pompous, extravagant language
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
grandiosity · ostentation · self-importance · loftiness · affectation · pedantry · flamboyance · showiness · boastfulness · overblown
overfull
Exceeding maximum capacity
waterlogged · saturated · sodden · overripe · plump · bursting · distended · puffy · oversaturated · glutted
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- bombastbombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, fustian
- swellingsswelling, lump, bulge, bump, edema
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
turgidityconciseness
Quality of being brief
brevity · terseness · succinctness · simplicity · economy
turgidityflaccidity
Lack of firmness
limpness · deflation · flatness · shrinkage · contraction