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turgid

adjectiveHigh-frequency wordMore T words

swollen, or pompous and overblown in language

In a sentence

His turgid prose buried a simple idea under layers of needless ornament.

Synonyms
bombasticgrandiloquentinflatedswollen
Antonyms
plainsimplelucid

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