turgid

/tˈɜːd‍ʒɪd/

/ˈtɝdʒɪd/

turgid

(of speech or writing) using a serious and elevated style that makes it tedious and complicated

synonyms : bombastic

abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

Examples

1. The ball pressure is turgid.

2. And as the war continues at its turgid pace, life moves around it.

3. He did get the chance in 1895 when he published a turgid novel, not a memoir, not a history.

4. I cannot be, it cannot go out, but cannot become turgid.