grandiloquent

a.

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

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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.

adj

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

characterized by lofty or pompous eloquence: bombastic

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

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• Extroverted, Outgoing, Outspoken, or Dramatic

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See words rhyming with "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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