turgidity

noun

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as in pomposity

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  1. pomposity
  2. verbosity
  3. rhetoric
  4. rhapsody
  5. wind
  6. oratory
Noun
  • Critics sometimes faulted his performances for pomposity.
    Jill Leovy, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Berry says that Laszlo’s pomposity thrives because no one in the house is willing to call him out on his nonsense.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 Aug. 2024
Definition of pomposity
Noun
  • But many French are deeply sick of hearing his volcanic verbosity.
    Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
  • Williams is regarded as a smart player, but has always played with a lot of emotion — and verbosity.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
Definition of verbosity
Noun
  • However, what violent extremists perceive as a tacit nod of approval — based on Trump’s own violent rhetoric — could lead to a surge in domestic terrorism in a country that remains anxious, angry and well-armed.
    Colin P. Clarke, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Last fall, she was censured for her rhetoric on the Israel-Hamas war, which critics condemned as anti-Semitic.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of rhetoric
Noun
  • The Harris campaign wasted no time in ridiculing Trump's rhapsody to Palmer's physique.
    Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Stiles didn’t mind revealing the shiny shards of his bohemian rhapsody in a barstool reverie.
    Damian Panetta, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of rhapsody
Noun
  • Some places on Jupiter have winds of more than 400 mph (about 640 kilometers per hour), about three times faster than a Category 5 hurricane on Earth.
    Benjamin Roulston, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
  • After landfall, the storm weakened to a Category 2 with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph and was moving northwest at 13 mph.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of wind
Noun
  • One source of Trump’s instinctive, inimitable political talent is that, for him, oratory and advertisement are entirely coeval domains.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2024
  • He was not limited to a single playing field either in sports (baseball, basketball, and football) or the arts (acting, oratory, and singing).
    Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Definition of oratory
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