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turgid


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NOT INTERESTING OR EXCITING


Her latest book was 250 pages of turgid, stilted prose.

Synonyms and examples


boring
That was such a boring film I nearly fell asleep during it.
excruciating
She went over the plot of the book in excruciating detail.
deadly
informal
His latest film was just deadly. I left after the first hour!
mind-numbing
The incident was described in a mind-numbing, 400-page report so dense that no one read it.
meh
informal
The story was pretty meh.
blah
informal
"How was the film?" "Pretty blah. I wasn't that impressed."
monotonous
His job had become joyless and monotonous.
pedestrian
formaldisapproving
The script was nothing but uninteresting, pedestrian storytelling.
dry
disapproving
The story was dry and lifeless.
ponderous
formal mainly disapproving
The dialogue was ponderous and self-important, and it ruined the film.
draggy
informal
His speech was pretty draggy in the middle, but it started and ended well.
one-dimensional
The book would be better if the characters weren't so one-dimensional.
dull
She gave one of the dullest lectures I've ever heard.
humdrum
They didn't like the humdrum, day-to-day work involved in running a business.
ho-hum
The camera has a solid, if ho-hum, design.
tedious
Signing all these documents over and over again is so tedious.
wearisome
formal
The conversation grew wearisome, and his attention strayed.
drab
disapproving
The office park is so drab.
colourless
His prose was dry and colourless.
monochrome
UK
She thought of her old job as monochrome and dull.
dreary
disapproving
My mother's days were taken up with dreary little tasks like folding clothes or getting the post.
grey
They felt that their work was grey and meaningless.

Antonym and example


exciting
We've got an exciting day at the park planned!
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See words related to turgid


bored
bored stiff
informal
bored out of your mind
informal
be tired of
weary of
blasé
restless
apathetic
boredom
tedium
tediousness
weariness
ennui
literary
dreariness
disapproving
dullness
monotony
drabness
disapproving
turgidity
formal
longueur
literary
bore
disapproving
crashing bore
informal
snooze
informal
snoozefest
informal
a yawn
informal
a wet weekend
UK
drag
informal
drip
informaldisapproving
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If someone or something is boring, they are not interesting or exciting. If you are bored, you feel unhappy because nothing interesting is happening. Boredom is the state of being unhappy and uninterested in things. A bore is a person or thing that is not exciting or interesting.

turgid | American Thesaurus


turgid


adjective
These are words and phrases related to turgid. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of turgid.
The wound was red and turgid.

Synonyms


swollen
puffed up
puffy

Antonyms


shrunken
puckered
The writer's turgid prose is hard to read.

Synonyms


pompous
bombastic
grandiose
overblown
inflated
pretentious
hyperbolic
grandiloquent
ostentatious
showy
florid
flowery
ornate

Antonyms


simple
modest
restrained
reserved
concise
succinct
pithy
terse
plain-spoken
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