grandiloquent
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
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Gran·dil·o·quent
a.
[L. grandis grand + logui to speak.]
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Roget's Thesaurus:
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grandiloquent
adjective
- Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.
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grandiloquent
adj
Definition: pretentious, flowery (communication)
Antonyms: plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious
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grandiloquent
IN BRIEF: adj. - Puffed up with vanity; Lofty in style.
He talks in a grandiloquent and boastful manner.
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categories related to 'grandiloquent'
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Grandiloquent
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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