turbid vs turbulent vs turgid
Definitions
adjective
- (of liquids) clouded as with sediment
Examples
The first cycle initiated in the early Paleocene and represents a transition from Cretaceous marine turbidites and shales to subaerial fluvial sandstones and conglomerates.
Compact and light-weight waterproof hand-held turbidimeters are designed for portability and durability
; the river raced in turbid waves; the sand drove in clouds; and the face of the sky was darkened as if by a London fog.
Definitions
adjective
- characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
- (of a liquid) agitated vigorously; in a state of turbulence
Examples
Worse, as the streams bend to equalize pressure behind the foil, and may set up a turbulent gyre further slowing the foil by induced drag.
Of course, he does this not through imagery alone but through turning the paint itself into a kind of turbulent human clay.
Evidence of the region's turbulent history is everywhere.
Definitions
adjective
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Examples
There are some sharp lines and a couple of catchy songs but there's also a lot of turgid stuff.
He pulls out the original drum track, throws in a turgid approximation of the live drums with a drum machine and a stiff boom-kick, adds some bloops, bleeps, and squiggles (because, hey, it's a remix), and cashes his paycheck.
Grecian; they had laughing eyes their figures were models for an artist with — “Turgide, brune, e ritondette mamme.” like the ‘bending statue’ that delights the world.
