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declamatory

 
Dictionary: de·clam·a·to·ry   (dĭ-klăm'ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having the quality of a declamation.
  2. Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.

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adjective

  1. Of or relating to the art of public speaking: elocutionary, oratorical, rhetorical. See words.
  2. Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: ostentatiously lofty in style
  Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - deklamatorisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
theatraal, hoogdravend

Français (French)
adj. - déclamatoire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - deklamatorisch, eifernd, bombastisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δημηγορικός, ρητορικός, στομφώδης

Italiano (Italian)
declamatorio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - retórico, bombástico

Русский (Russian)
напыщенный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - declamatorio, retórico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - deklamatorisk, pompös

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
演说口吻的, 朗读式的, 雄辩家式的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 演說口吻的, 朗讀式的, 雄辯家式的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (문장이) 수사적인, 낭독 조의, 강연 투의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 朗読風の, 演説口調の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خطابي, حماسي, انفعالي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮דקלומי‬


 
 
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