| ADJECTIVE | all | tumid, bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, turgid | ostentatiously lofty in style |
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| all | tumid, puffy, intumescent, tumescent, turgid | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas | |
| all | tumid, erect | of sexual organs |
| Meaning | ostentatiously lofty in style. | |
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| Example | "tumid political prose" | |
| Synonyms | bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, turgid | |
| Broader | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
| Spanish | bombástico, declamatorio, enfático, hinchado | |
| Catalan | declamatori, emfàtic, inflat | |
| Meaning | abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas. | |
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| Example | "puffy tumid flesh" | |
| Synonyms | puffy, intumescent, tumescent, turgid | |
| Broader | unhealthy | not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind |
| Spanish | distendido, hinchado, inflado, tumescente, túmido | |
| Catalan | distès, inflat, tumescent, túmid | |
| Nouns | tumidity, tumidness | slight swelling of an organ or part |
| Meaning | Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid. | |
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| Synonym | erect | |
| Category | physiology | The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms |
| Broader | hard | Resisting weight or pressure |
| Spanish | erecto, túmido | |
| Nouns | tumidity, tumidness | slight swelling of an organ or part |
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