| Main Entry: |
grandiloquent |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
pretentious, flowery (communication) |
Synonyms: |
aureate, big-talking,
bombastic, declamatory, euphistic, fustian, high-flown, histrionic, inflated, magniloquent, oratorical, orotund, overblown,
pompous,
purple*, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen, tall-talking, verbose, windbag, windy
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| Notes: |
grandiloquent means lofty in style, pompous, or bombastic; magniloquent means lofty and extravagant in speech |
Antonyms: |
plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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