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mid
Comparative
more tumid
Superlative
most tumid
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overly grand in language or expression
- His speech was filled with tumid phrases that lacked substance.
- The novel's tumid prose made it difficult to follow the plot.
- Critics dismissed the poem as tumid, more style than meaning.
- She rolled her eyes at his tumid declarations of love.
- The politician's tumid rhetoric masked a lack of clear policy.
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enlarged beyond normal size, often due to internal pressure from fluid or gas
- The patient's abdomen appeared tumid, indicating possible internal bleeding.
- A tumid blister formed on his heel after the long hike.
- The riverbanks were lined with tumid pods ready to burst.
- Her eyes were tumid from crying all night.
- The insect bite left a tumid bump on his arm.
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