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tumescent

/tjuːˈmesnt/adjective

उच्चारण ट्यूमेस्न्ट

सूजा हुआ; शब्दाडंबरपूर्ण

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    formal

    swollen; (of language) using too many important-sounding words

    सूजा हुआ; शब्दाडंबरपूर्ण

    • tumescent prose
    • The critic dismissed the novel's tumescent style.
    • The wound looked tumescent and red the next morning.
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    • The tumescent prose of the report hid its lack of ideas.
    • Plain style is better than tumescent language in an essay.

    Synonyms swollen bloated distended turgid bombastic

    Opposite shrunken flat simple

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Keep the swollen words together: tumescent, swollen, distended (swollen because of pressure from inside), bloated, turgid (swollen; also boring and too complicated, of writing), tumid.

सूजे के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: tumescent, swollen, distended (भीतरी दबाव से फूला), bloated, turgid (सूजा; लेखन के लिए उबाऊ और जटिल भी), tumid।

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Medical: a tumour is an abnormal swelling of cells.

चिकित्सा में tumour कोशिकाओं की असामान्य सूजन, गाँठ है।