as in swollen
enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure
turgid leeches having had their fill of blood
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But, somehow, Clarkson found the faint sliver of light in that otherwise dim forest of turgid inner turmoil.
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 May 2024
It was dismissed as melodrama and a history lesson, more an outburst than a play, neither art nor entertainment, as mechanical, medicinal, didactic, hermetic, clumsy, creaky, icy, turgid, empty, and labored—some of which remains true.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
The intention to illuminate the political machinations of the Capitol and the importance of the games in maintaining the divide between the ruling class and the powerless plebs yields little beyond turgid gloom.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
Musically speaking, both songs are stolid, turgid, and no fun.
—David Cantwell, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
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Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 7 May 2024
It was dismissed as melodrama and a history lesson, more an outburst than a play, neither art nor entertainment, as mechanical, medicinal, didactic, hermetic, clumsy, creaky, icy, turgid, empty, and labored—some of which remains true.
—Stacy Schiff, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022
The intention to illuminate the political machinations of the Capitol and the importance of the games in maintaining the divide between the ruling class and the powerless plebs yields little beyond turgid gloom.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Nov. 2023
Musically speaking, both songs are stolid, turgid, and no fun.
—David Cantwell, Time, 24 Aug. 2023
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“Turgid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turgid. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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