turgidness
Overblown, bloated quality
Turgidness is the quality of being swollen or bloated.
The word applies literally to physical distension—plant cells become turgid when filled with water.
More often it describes overblown prose or speech, stuffed with pompous language: The turgidness of his writing made it unreadable.
The noun form of turgid.
Swollen from pressure within
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- inflammationProtective tissue response
puffiness · bloat · tumescence · engorgement · distension · bulging · expanded · ballooned
Pompous, extravagant language
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
- grandiosityExaggerated sense of importance
self-importance · affectation · magniloquence · loftiness · fustian · highfalutin · overblown · purple prose
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- pleonasmRedundant expression
redundancy · diffuseness · long-windedness · garrulity · logorrhea · verbiage · discursiveness · rambling
distended
Swollen from pressure within
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
inflammation · puffiness · bloat · tumescence · engorgement · distension · bulging · expanded · ballooned · dilated
grandiloquence
Pompous, extravagant language
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- pomposityExaggerated sense of importance
- pretentiousnessShowy self-importance
grandiosity · self-importance · affectation · magniloquence · loftiness · fustian · highfalutin · overblown · purple prose · florid
prolixity
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
pleonasm · redundancy · diffuseness · long-windedness · garrulity · logorrhea · verbiage · discursiveness · rambling · tautology
turgidnessconciseness
Quality of being brief
brevity · terseness · spareness · succinctness · economy
turgidnessflaccidity
Lack of firmness
limpness · deflation · flatness · shrinkage · contraction