turgidity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for turgidity
Noun
  • His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.
    Jim McKairnes, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Still, the challenge lies in managing the explosive verbosity that modern tools enable effortlessly.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Crisp articulation of ideas trumps verbosity, fostering a culture that treasures originality and respect for the reader’s time.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Trump’s election confirmed, to some on the Left, that the country really was as bad as some of their harshest rhetoric suggested.
    Alexander Nazaryan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Too often, the concept of second chances consists of hollow rhetoric and hurtful stigma.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Music Box Revue, Music Box The fourth of these annual rhapsodies in expense.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Get ready to ride the rhapsody of today’s top fashion trend.
    Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In Manzanar, temperatures often drop below freezing during winter months, while summer peaks at around 110 degrees Fahrenheit—with winds beating relentlessly year-round.
    Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Greatest threat will be in the late afternoon and early evening as winds will be relatively light with variable direction as high pressure shifts offshore through the first half of the day.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Then with some of the most stirring words in American oratory, Kennedy told the students — and all of us — that individual courage can be a powerful force for good.
    John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Stevenson’s oratory magnetism was powerful enough to unite, at least for a couple of hours, these disparate and sometimes adversarial forces.
    Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Turgidity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/turgidity. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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