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grandiloquent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous |
a grandiloquent and boastful manner.
grandiloquent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | magniloquent, tall |
| Derivation | grandiloquence |
Examples of grandiloquent
grandiloquent
It's the fastest, the hippest and the least prone to grandiloquent theorizing.
From the timesunion.com
In many ways, Young's playing can sometimes be more grandiloquent than his vocals.
From the guardian.co.uk
His take on the dense and multifaceted Piano Sonata No. 1 is gritty and grandiloquent.
From the sacbee.com
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy can be formal and grandiloquent in his writing.
From the washingtonpost.com
That is, again, a rather grandiloquent way to describe things.
From the economist.com
Grand in parts, it is too often grandiose or grandiloquent, and the running time is indefensible.
From the entertainment.time.com
He leaned with grandiloquent disdain on the despatch box and withstood gales of organised Tory heckling.
From the dailymail.co.uk
There are about 900 English translations of the Bible, ranging from the grandiloquent to the colloquial.
From the economist.com
The tone of the nationalisation decree is grandiloquent.
From the economist.com
- Lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
- Puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
- (grandiloquently) in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; "the orator spoke magniloquently"
- (grandiloquence) grandiosity: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"
- Grandiloquence is speech or writing marked by pompous or bombastic diction. It is a combination of the Latin words grandis ("great") and loqui ("to speak").
- Overly wordy, pompous, flowery, or elaborate
- (grandiloquence) (n.) lofty, pompous language (The student thought her grandiloquence would make her sound smart, but neither the class nor the teacher bought it.)
