How do you pronounce grandiloquence?

grandiloquence is pronounced as /ˈɡrændɪləkwəns/.

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grandiloquence

🗣️grandiloquence (gran-di-lo-kwens)

noun

/ˈɡrændɪləkwəns/

langage pompeux (langage pompeux)

grandfather grandiloquent

Signification

Pompous or extravagant language, style, or manner, often intended to impress

Traduction de la signification

langage ou style pompeux ou extravagant, souvent destiné à impressionner

Phrases d'exemple

The politician’s speech was full of empty grandiloquence.

Le discours du politicien était rempli de langage pompeux et vide.

Synonymes

pomposity, bombast, rhetoric, flourish, extravagance

Antonymes

simplicity, plainness, modesty

Collocations

political grandiloquence, empty grandiloquence, rhetorical grandiloquence, literary grandiloquence

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