turgid
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Turgid midtempo rock with a lyric that defines soul rather pitifully as “knowing what someone is feeling.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025
Turgid as it was, his speech moved the gentlemen of the school board.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 12, 2017
I must salute you: Turgid is the greatest aptronym ever.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2016
Turgid explanations and generalisations of telly personalities like Jameela Jamil don't act as any sort of education, and the Hoff reads lines off an autocue.
From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2013
In particular I was pleased with your Translation of that Turgid Epitaph into the plain feeling under it.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)
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