tS=Even fine acting could not save this <b>turgid</b> production.<br><br>Adolph Hitler committed to memory large portions of Wagner's famously <b>turgid</b> prose.&tQ=<b>Turgid</b> means:&tC=pompous|slow-moving| overly complex| sentimental| self-indulgent&cC=1&fB=<b>Turgid</b> means puffed out; swollen; bloated; distended. Figuratively it refers to using long words and elaborate constructions; bombastic; inflated; pompous; grandiloquent. <b>Turgid</b> is pronounced TEHR-jihd.
