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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pompous, grandiloquent |
| Synonyms: | aureate, balderdash, big-talking, declamatory, euphuistic, flowery, full of hot air, fustian, grandiose, high-flown, highfalutin, histrionic, inflated, loudmouthed, magniloquent, orotund, ostentatious, overblown, ranting, rhapsodic, rhetorical, sonorous, stuffed shirt, swollen, tumid, turgid, verbose, windbag, windy, wordy |
| Antonyms: | humble, quiet, reserved, restrained |
| Main Entry: | flamboyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, theatrical |
| Synonyms: | baroque, bombastic, brilliant, camp, chichi*, colorful, dashing, dazzling, elaborate, exciting, flaky*, flaming, flashy, florid, gassy, gaudy, glamorous, jazzy, luscious, luxuriant, ornate, ostentatious, peacockish, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, splashy, sporty, swank, swashbuckling |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, modest, restrained, tasteful, unflashy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flatulent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pretentious, long-winded |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, inflated, oratorical, overblown, pompous, prolix, shallow, superficial, swollen, tedious, tumescent, tumid, turgid, windy, wordy |
| Antonyms: | brief, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | flowery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ornate, especially referring to speech or writing |
| Synonyms: | aureate, baroque, bombastic, declamatory, diffuse, embellished, euphemistic, euphuistic, fancy, figurative, florid, grandiloquent, high-flown, magniloquent, ornamented, overwrought, prolix, purple, redundant, rhetorical, rococo, sonorous, swollen, verbose, windy, wordy |
| Antonyms: | inelaborate, plain, unembellished, unflowery, unornate |
| Main Entry: | fulsome |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickening or excessive behavior |
| Synonyms: | adulatory, bombastic, buttery, canting, cloying, coarse, extravagant, fawning, flattering, glib, grandiloquent, hypocritical, immoderate, ingratiating, inordinate, insincere, magniloquent, mealy-mouthed, nauseating, offensive, oily, oleaginous, overdone, saccharine, sanctimonious, slick*, slimy*, smarmy, smooth, suave, sycophantic, unctuous, wheedling |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, sincere |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fustian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pompous |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, boastful, bombastic, conceited, flaunting, high and mighty, highfalutin, lofty, ostentatious, pontifical, portentous, pretentious, puffed up, ranting, self-centered, self-important, vain, vainglorious |
| Main Entry: | grandiloquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pretentious, flowery (communication) |
| Synonyms: | aureate, big-talking, bombastic, declamatory, euphistic, fustian, high-flown, histrionic, inflated, magniloquent, oratorical, orotund, overblown, pompous, purple*, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen, tall-talking, verbose, windbag, windy |
| Notes: | grandiloquent means lofty in style, pompous, or bombastic; magniloquent means lofty and extravagant in speech |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grandiose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theatrical, extravagant |
| Synonyms: | affected, ambitious, august, bombastic, cosmic, egotistic, flamboyant, fustian, grand, high-falutin', high-flown, imposing, impressive, lofty, lordly, magnificent, majestic, monumental, noble, ostentatious, overwhelming, pompous, pretentious, purple*, royal, showy, splashy, stately, unfathomable, vast |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, small, unpretentious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high-flown |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exalted, lofty |
| Synonyms: | bombastic, elaborate, exaggerated, extravagant, grandiloquent, grandiose, inflated, showy, turgid |
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