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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:

Gran·dil·o·quent


a.

[L. grandis grand + logui to speak.]
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.


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adj

Definition: pretentious, flowery (communication)
Antonyms: plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious

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characterized by lofty or pompous eloquence: bombastic
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Puffed up with vanity; Lofty in style.

pronunciation He talks in a grandiloquent and boastful manner. — www.yourdictionary.com

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - svulstig, bombastisk, højstemt

Nederlands (Dutch)
hoogdravend

Français (French)
adj. - grandiloquent (sout), pompeux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hochtrabend, großsprecherisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μεγαλόστομος, στομφώδης

Italiano (Italian)
magniloquente, pomposo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - grandiloqüente

Русский (Russian)
высокопарный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - grandilocuente, altisonante, ampuloso, grandílocuo

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - högtravande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
夸张的, 浮夸的, 夸大的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 誇張的, 浮誇的, 誇大的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 호언 장담의, 과장된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大げさな, 大言壮語する, 誇張した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جزل الاسلوب, مفوه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מנופח, נמלץ, מתרברב (דיבור)‬


 
 

 

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