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Tumid synonyms

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distended
(Biology) gravid.
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  1. (Biology) gravid.
  2. Extended or expanded, as from internal pressure; swollen.
bloated
Much bigger than desired:
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  1. Much bigger than desired:
  2. Swollen with fluid or gas.
  3. Swollen or distended beyond normal size by fluid or gaseous material.
bombastic
High-sounding but with little meaning.
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  1. High-sounding but with little meaning.
  2. (Of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  3. (Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
sonorous
Impressive in style of speech:
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  1. Impressive in style of speech:
  2. Having a powerful, impressive sound; high-sounding
  3. Producing or capable of producing sound, esp. sound of full, deep, or rich quality; resonant
inflated
Unduly enlarged or aggrandized; swollen:
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  1. Unduly enlarged or aggrandized; swollen:
  2. Hollow and enlarged:
  3. Pompous; bombastic; high-flown
flatulent
Of or having gas in the stomach or intestines
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  1. Of or having gas in the stomach or intestines
  2. Producing gas in the stomach or intestines, as certain foods
  3. Windy or empty in speech; pompous; pretentious
inflated
Higher that the true figure
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  1. Higher that the true figure
  2. Unduly enlarged or aggrandized; swollen:
  3. Hollow and enlarged:
overblown
Excessive, exaggerated, or overdone:
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  1. Excessive, exaggerated, or overdone:
  2. Past the stage of full bloom:
  3. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic:
tumescent
Somewhat tumid.
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  1. Somewhat tumid.
  2. Becoming swollen; swelling.
turgid
Swollen; distended
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  1. Swollen; distended
  2. Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent:
  3. Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated:
windy
Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability:
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  1. Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability:
  2. Characterized by or abounding in wind:
  3. Lacking substance; empty:
Find another word for tumid. In this page you can discover 17 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tumid, like: bulging, distended, bloated, bombastic, sonorous, inflated, enlarged, inflated, egotistic, flatulent and inflated.

Sentence Examples

  • The leaves, which are borne in pairs at the tumid nodes, are oval in form and have a Dicotyledonous type of venation.

  • 4 in.), the Yagans present in some respects a more debased type characterized by low brows, prominent zygomatic arches, large tumid lips, flat nose, loose wrinkled skin, black restless eyes very wide apart, coarse black unkempt hair, and head and chest disproportionately large compared with the extremely slender and outwardly curved legs.

  • There are some pleasing passages in Arnobius, but on the whole he is a tumid and a tedious author.

  • listless and ugly, with large heads and particularly prominent ears, flat noses, tumid bellies, slender limbs and sallow complexions; the children are impregnated with malaria from their birth, and their growth is attended with aberrations from the normal which practically amount to the disease of rickets.

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