adj. 25B6; adjective
his turgid prose : BOMBASTIC, pompous, overblown, inflated, tumid, high-flown, affected, pretentious, grandiose, florid, ornate, magniloquent, grandiloquent, orotund; informal highfalutin, purple, windy.
the tissues become turgid : SWOLLEN, distended, tumescent, engorged, bloated.
simple.