schwülstig — meaning in English

English meaning

• pompous adj Overly self-important, grand, or full of exaggerated dignity.
• turgid adj Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

Senses

schwülstig is used for these senses in English:

• pompous Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
• sesquipedalian (of a word or words) Long; polysyllabic.
• turgid (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

turgid — full definition

1. adj Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
2. adj Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
3. adj Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

Related German words