🧐sententious

adjective
/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/

Meaning

Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.

Example Sentences

His sententious remarks annoyed the audience.

Synonyms

pompous, moralizing, didactic, preachy

Antonyms

modest, humble

Collocations

sententious speech, sententious tone, sententious style

Related Vocabularies

changeable; inconstant; liable to sudden unpredictable change
not easily bent or changed; rigid; firm
easily broken or cracked; hard but liable to break
Firmly established and unlikely to change.
having the ability to make someone believe that something is true or real
Successful in producing a desired or intended result; effective.

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