Antonyms for tumidity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : too-mid, tyoo- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtu mɪd, ˈtyu- |
Definition of tumidity
Origin :- "morbidly swollen," 1540s, from Latin tumidus, from tumere "to swell" (see thigh). Figurative sense (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s.
- As in bombast : noun boasting
- As in fatness : noun overweight
- The diction has in places a huge and rugged grandeur, which degenerates here and there into tumidity.
- Extract from : « Shakespearean Tragedy » by A. C. Bradley
Synonyms for tumidity
- adiposity
- altiloquence
- balderdash
- bluster
- bombastry
- braggadocio
- breadth
- bulkiness
- corpulence
- cotton
- distension
- exaggeration
- flab
- flesh
- fleshiness
- fustian
- gasconade
- girth
- grandiloquence
- grandiosity
- grossness
- heaviness
- heftiness
- inflation
- largeness
- magniloquence
- obesity
- pad
- padded
- plumpness
- pomposity
- portliness
- protuberance
- pudginess
- rage
- rant
- rave
- rhapsody
- rhetoric
- rodomontade
- rotundity
- size
- stoutness
- stuff
- stuffed
- tumidity
- turgidity
- tympany
- weight
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