Grandiloquent Definition & Meaning

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Grandiloquent

Grandiloquent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Grandiloquent? [adj] puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [adj] lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Grandiloquent: magniloquent \| overblown \| pompous \| pontifical \| portentous \| pretentious \| rhetorical \| tall Related Terms \| Find terms related to Grandiloquent: affected \| aggrandized \| amplified \| aureate \| ballyhooed \| bedizened \| big-sounding \| bloated \| bombastic \| convoluted \| declamatory \| disproportionate \| elevated \| euphuistic \| exaggerated \| excessive \| exorbitant \| extravagant \| extreme \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flashy \| flatulent \| flaunting \| flowery \| formal \| fulsome \| garish \| gassy \| gaudy \| Gongoresque \| grandiose \| grandisonant \| highfalutin \| high-flowing \| high-flown \| high-flying \| high-sounding \| hyperbolic \| inflated \| inkhorn \| inordinate \| Johnsonian \| labyrinthine \| lexiphanic \| lofty \| lurid \| magnified \| magniloquent \| meretricious \| orotund \| ostentatious \| overblown \| overdone \| overdrawn \| overelaborate \| overemphasized \| overemphatic \| overestimated \| overgreat \| overinvolved \| overlarge \| overpraised \| oversold \| overstated \| overstressed \| overwrought \| pedantic \| pompous \| pontifical \| pretentious \| prodigal \| profuse \| puffed \| rhetorical \| self-important \| sensational \| sensationalistic \| sententious \| showy \| solemn \| sonorous \| stilted \| stretched \| stuffy \| superlative \| swollen \| tall \| tortuous \| touted \| tumid \| turgid See Also \| Grandiloquent In Webster's Dictionary \Grandil"oquent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui to speak.] Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Grandiloquent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Grandiloquent?

[adj] puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
[adj] lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

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Grandiloquent In Webster's Dictionary

\Gran*dil"o*quent\, a. [L. grandis grand + logui
to speak.]
Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

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