magniloquent
111sonorous — 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… …
112verbose — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wordy, prolix, repetitive, talkative. See diffuseness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wordy, prolix, tedious, tautologous, redundant, repetitious, circumlocutory, repetitive, periphrastic, abounding in …
113declamatory — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Eloquent] Syn. rhetorical, elocutionary, formal; see fluent 2 , oratorical . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic, windy, stuffy; see bombastic , oratorical , verbose . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Of or relating to the …
114fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
115grandiloquent — 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… …
116high-flown — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. extravagant, pretentious, haughty, high sounding, grandiloquent; see also egotistic 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. high sounding, bombastic, grandiloquent, lofty, grandiose, pretentious, stilted, inflated,… …
117high-sounding — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. artificial, pompous, ostentatious; see egotistic 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, bombastic, declamatory, flowery, fustian,… …
118overblown — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. superfluous, excessive, profuse, flowery; see oratorical , verbose . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. excessive, exaggerated, inflated, puffed up, overdone, overworked, immoderate, disproportionate. ANT.: modest,… …
119swollen — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. distended, puffed, swelled; see enlarged , inflated . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. enlarged, distended, bloated, puffy, puffed up, bulging, inflated, edemic, tumid, turgid. ANT.: deflated, contracted, shrunken III… …
120orotund — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. resounding sonorous, booming, resonant, projecting, stentorian, reverberating, thundering, powerful, mighty, rich. 2. grandiose in speech pompous, bombastic, fustian, bloated, grandiloquent. see oration, voice… …
