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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 44% | 13 | Pompous | |
3 | 33% | 8 | Having a pompous or swollen manner | |
Swollen Pompous Crossword Clue
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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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The Guardian Quick29 Oct 2002 | Down 17 | |
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