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How to pronounce “turgid”
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Pronunciation guide for turgid
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of turgid with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
- The surprising science of happiness
turgid pros but closer to the truth was
- Definition summary
- Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
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How to pronounce turgid
The surprising science of happiness

turgid pros but closer to the truth was
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “turgid”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
- Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
- (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
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