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orotund::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pear-shaped, rotund, round |
orotund tones.
orotund::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid |
Examples of orotund
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Some inaugural addresses were lost in wordy flights of orotund meaninglessness.
From the suntimes.com
Lord Jenkins's report is penned in a characteristically orotund and flowery style.
From the economist.com
Knocking off 15 pounds on my orotund Polish-Hungarian frame would be nice.
From the techcrunch.com
His intonations and gestures were often stagy, his language orotund, his judgments pious.
From the time.com
Municipal showdowns motivate titanic clashes, deadly conspiracies and orotund speeches.
From the economist.com
His orotund and irregular creations tower and totter.
From the guardian.co.uk
She delivers the orotund dialogue as if it were the easiest vernacular, stares down bad guys, wins hearts.
From the time.com
To lend a whiff of aristocracy to his enterprise, Singer relies on the orotund majesty of British thesping.
From the time.com
He turned to free verse, and the orotund result almost filled the entire Op-Ed page of the New York Times.
From the time.com
- Bombastic: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"
- Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound; Pompous; bombastic
- (orotundity) The quality of being orotund
- 1. (of the voice) resonant and impressive. 2. (of writing or style) pompous
