🗣️grandiloquent

adjective
/ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt/

Meaning

Using lofty, pompous, or extravagant language to impress others.

Example Sentences

The politician’s grandiloquent speech failed to connect with ordinary people.

Synonyms

pompous, pretentious, bombastic, inflated, rhetorical

Antonyms

simple, plain, modest

Collocations

grandiloquent speech, grandiloquent style, grandiloquent manner

Related Vocabularies

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serving to make a fault or an offense seem less serious

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