What is another word for tumid?

Pronunciation: [tjˈuːmɪd] (IPA)

What are the hypernyms for Tumid?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for tumid?

Tumid, meaning swollen or bloated, is an adjective with a limited set of antonyms. The word is typically used in a medical or technical context. Its antonyms would be words that connote lean or thin, and could include adjectives such as emaciated, withered, gaunt, bony, or skinny. As a literary term, the opposite of tumid might be something like concise, pithy, or terse. In a less technical sense, the word might be contrasted with words like svelte, lithe, or slender. When used metaphorically, tumid can mean pretentious or grandiose. Its antonyms in that sense might be words like modest, unassuming, or humble.

What are the antonyms for Tumid?

Usage examples for Tumid

The plant is quite readily distinguished by the form of the pileus with the ascending gills and the tumid annulus.
"Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc."
George Francis Atkinson
But if the bandage be now slackened a little, the hand and the arm will immediately become suffused, and the superficial veins show themselves tumid and knotted, the pulse at the wrist in the same instant beginning to beat as it did before the application of the bandage.
"Fathers of Biology"
Charles McRae
He discussed the old subjects with Eagles, but the latter's computative mind was out of sympathy with zeal of the tumid description; though quite capable of working himself into madness on the details of the Budget, John was easily soothed by his friend's calmer habits of debate.
"The Nether World"
George Gissing

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