turgid
adjective
swollen; distended; tumid.
turgidly
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a word derived from
turgid.
Example Sentences
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He described the motion picture as “a near-three-hour endurance run of gloomy photography and turgidly staged, emotionally empty two-way conversations, all seemingly designed to sap cast and viewers' combined will to live.”
From Reuters ● Nov. 8, 2022
And the director Michael Mayer’s track record with Verdi — half-baked, Vegas-theme “Rigoletto,” turgidly traditional “La Traviata” — doesn’t fill me with hope for his new staging’s visual glamour or interpretive acuity.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2020
Much as Schafer and his Kickstarter compatriots sought to break free from a world of the turgidly familiar, Shay longs for new adventures.
From Slate ● May 1, 2015
I get letters from people telling me I 'inspired' them to go to university and read history – I got one today, Australian girl saying she'd discovered history at university is really turgidly boring.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2012
Like a kind of summer molasses, it poured turgidly forth upon the cinnamon-dusty road.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
