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Turgid vs Pompus - What's the difference?

turgid | pompus |

Pompus is likely misspelled.


Pompus has no English definition.

As an adjective turgid

is distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

turgid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
  • I have a turgid limb.
  • (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
  • Synonyms

    * (distended beyond the natural state) bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumid * (tediously pompous) bombastic, grandiose, pompous

    pompus

    Not English

    Pompus has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'pompus':

    pompous, pumps, pimps, pampas, pinups, penups, pomps