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Overblown Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TURGID which was last seen in the Eugene Sheffer crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: TURGID

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197%6Exact Match!
296%5Exact Match!
390%7 Swollen due to excess fluid retention

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We think the answer is "TURGID" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Ostentatiously lofty in style
  • • Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
  • adjective
  • • Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
  • • (of language or style) overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The professor's turgid speech put the students to sleep."
  • • "The novel was full of turgid prose that made it difficult to read."

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Clue Last Found In...

Source #Number Answer
Eugene Sheffer29 Jul 2022 Down 36
New York Times03 Aug 2003 Across 123
New York Times20 Aug 1993 Across 51
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