magniloquent

(măg-nĭl'ə-kwənt)
adj.
Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

[Back formation from magniloquence, grandiloquence, from Latin magniloquentia : magnus, great + loquēns, loquent-, present participle of loquī, to speak.]

magniloquence mag·nil'o·quence n.
magniloquently mag·nil'o·quent·ly adv.

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adjective

Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See plain/fancy, style/good style/bad style, words.

adj

Definition: grandiloquent
Antonyms: crisp, terse

IN BRIEF: Boastful.

It was difficult to listen to the magniloquent speaker especially after finding out that the gift was rescinded.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - højtravende, pralende, stortalende

Nederlands (Dutch)
grootsprakig, bombastisch

Français (French)
adj. - beau parleur, grandiloquent

Deutsch (German)
adj. - prahlerisch, großspurig, großartig redend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μεγαλόστομος

Italiano (Italian)
magniloquente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - enfático

Русский (Russian)
высокопарный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - grandilocuente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - högtravande, skrytsam

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使用夸大文句的, 吹牛的, 夸张的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 使用誇大文句的, 吹牛的, 誇張的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 뽐내는 , 과장 된, 허풍 떠는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大言壮語の, 誇大な, 大げさな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متغطرس, في تصرفاته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נמלץ, מנופח‬

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