 grandiloquent |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] lofty in style | |
| Synonyms: | tall magniloquent | |
| Examples: | "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" |
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| Related terms: | rhetorical | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] puffed up with vanity | |
| Synonyms: | pompous portentous pontifical overblown | |
| Examples: | "a grandiloquent and boastful manner" "overblown oratory" "a pompous speech" "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek |
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| Related terms: | pretentious | |
| Similar spelling: |
grandiloquently grandiloquence granadillo ground_sloth ground_cloth grandparent grand_tour ground_loop grandiosely grand_piano |
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