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81rarified — adjective 1. having low density (Freq. 1) rare gasses lightheaded from the rarefied mountain air • Syn: ↑rare, ↑rarefied • Similar to: ↑thin …
82inflated — adjective 1. enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness (Freq. 1) a hyperbolic style • Syn: ↑hyperbolic • Similar to: ↑increased • Derivationally related forms: ↑hyperbole …
83flowery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. florid, high flown, flamboyant; blossomy. See ornament, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. florid, ornate, elaborate, ornamented, fancy, fussy, rhetorical, overblown, euphuistic, affected,… …
84pompous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. self important, ostentatious; high flown, bombastic, stilted; haughty, vain, grandiose, puffed up, arrogant, stuffy, snooty, stuffed shirt (inf.). See boasting.Ant., humble, unassuming. II (Roget s… …
85sonorous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. resonant, deep toned, rich, majestic; grandiloquent, high flown. See loudness, sound.Ant., tinny. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. resonant, resounding, vibrant; see loud 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
86grandiloquent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, histrionic, bombastic; see bombastic , oratorical . See Synonym Study at bombastic . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [gran DIL uh kwent] using big words to try to impress, bombastic. Many… …
87fustian — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French fustian, fustayn, from Medieval Latin fustaneum, probably from fustis tree trunk, from Latin, stick, cudgel Date: 13th century 1. a. a strong cotton and linen fabric b. a class of cotton fabrics… …
88lofty — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Olympian, aerial, affected, aggrandized, airy, altitudinous, ambitious, analytic, analytical, apotheosized, aristocratic, arrogant, ascending, aspiring, august, awesome, beatified, bedizened,… …
89lofty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. towering, high; haughty, patronizing; distinguished, noble; sublime; elevated; exalted. See height, repute. Ant., pedestrian, deep. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [High] Syn. tall, elevated, towering;… …
90Pride — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Pride >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 dignity dignity self respect mens sibi conscia recti =>(Vergil) GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 pride pride Sgm: N 2 haughtiness haughtiness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 2 high not …
