tumid Sentence Examples

  1. The insect bite left a tumid and itchy welt on her arm.
  2. The sprain had caused her ankle to become tumid and swollen.
  3. The tumid cloud formations hinted at an impending storm.
  4. His pride had made his ego tumid, blinding him to his own shortcomings.
  5. The surgery resulted in a tumid incision that required careful monitoring.
  6. The politician's speech was tumid with empty promises and lofty rhetoric.
  7. The painting depicted cherubs with tumid bellies, symbolizing innocence and joy.
  8. The riverbank was tumid with rainwater, threatening to overflow into the surrounding fields.
  9. The tumid abscess on his neck required immediate medical attention to prevent infection.
  10. His tumid words of anger and frustration only served to escalate the conflict.

tumid Meaning

Wordnet

tumid (s)

ostentatiously lofty in style

abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

Webster

tumid (a.)

Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

Rising above the level; protuberant.

Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.

FAQs About the word tumid

ostentatiously lofty in style, abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas, of sexual organs; stiff and rigidSwelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid l

swollen, overinflated, turgid, varicose, varicosed,distended, blown, tumescent, puffed, dilated

collapsed,deflated, deflated, collapsed,detumescent, detumescent,

The insect bite left a tumid and itchy welt on her arm.

The sprain had caused her ankle to become tumid and swollen.

The tumid cloud formations hinted at an impending storm.

His pride had made his ego tumid, blinding him to his own shortcomings.