tumid
[too-mid, tyoo-]
adjective
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.
seeming to swell; bulging.
Origin of tumid
Synonyms for tumid
Antonyms for tumid
1. deflated.
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bombastic, distended, inflated, overblown, pompous, puffy, swollen, tumescent, turgid, protuberantExamples from the Web for tumid
Contemporary Examples of tumid
Tumid and unstoppable, there is little that new wallpaper or re-poured driveways can do to disguise it.
Historical Examples of tumid
The tumid nothingness of pure transcendentalism he has always abhorred.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. IJohn Morley
With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.
Pearls of ThoughtMaturin M. Ballou
The listener's face was tumid and discoloured, his eyes bloodshot.
The WhirlpoolGeorge Gissing
A low-spired, globular shell with a large, tumid, smooth body-whorl.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tideAugusta Foote Arnold
And of some tumid metaphors he says, "All too forced and over-charged."
tumid
adjective
Word Origin for tumid
C16: from Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell
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tumid
[tōō′mĭd]
adj.
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