Be turgid or bombastic
1Turgid — Tur gid, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.] 1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb;… …
2turgid — I adjective bombastic, circumlocutory, declamatory, diffuse, digressive, euphuistic, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high flown, inflated, long winded, magniloquent, orotund, periphrastic, pleonastic, plethoric, pompous, prolix, puffed up,… …
3turgid — [tʉr′jid] adj. [L turgidus < turgere, to swell] 1. swollen; distended 2. bombastic; pompous; grandiloquent SYN. BOMBASTIC turgidity n. turgidness turgidly adv …
4Bombastic — Bom*bas tic (b[o^]m*b[.a]s t[i^]k or b[u^]m*b[.a]s t[i^]k), Bombastical Bom*bas tic*al, a. Characterized by bombast; high sounding; inflated. {Bom*bas tic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke. [1913… …
5bombastic — [bäm bas′tik] adj. using or characterized by high sounding but unimportant or meaningless language; pompous; grandiloquent bombastically adv. SYN. BOMBASTIC refers to speech or writing that is pompous and inflated and suggests extravagant verbal… …
6turgid — tumid, *inflated, flatulent Analogous words: expanded, distended, amplified, swollen (see EXPAND): magniloquent, grandiloquent, *rhetorical, bombastic …
7turgid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) swollen and distended or congested. 2) (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic. DERIVATIVES turgidity noun turgidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin turgidus, from turgere to swell …
8bombastic — index flatulent, fustian, grandiose, orotund, pretentious (pompous), prolix, turgid Burton s Legal Thesau …
9bombastic — grandiloquent, magniloquent, *rhetorical, aureate, flowery, euphuistic Analogous words: *inflated, turgid, tumid: verbose, diffuse, *wordy: eloquent, voluble, fluent, articulate, *vocal Contrasted words: temperate, unimpassioned, *sober: * …
10bombastic — [adj] pompous, grandiloquent aureate, balderdash, big talking*, declamatory, euphuistic, flowery, full of hot air*, fustian, grandiose, highfalutin*, high flown, histrionic, inflated, loudmouthed, magniloquent, orotund, ostentatious, overblown,… …
