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magniloquence
| Main Entry: |
magniloquence
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pomposity |
| Synonyms: | boastful, bombast, eloquence, grandiloquence, grandiosity |
| Notes: | magniloquence refers to a language that is lofty and extravagant, whereas grandiloquence refers to a language that is pompous or bombastic |
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| Main Entry: | bombast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boasting |
| Synonyms: | altiloquence, balderdash, bluster, bombastry, braggadocio, cotton, exaggeration, fustian, gasconade, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, pad, padded, pomposity, rage, rant, rave, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade, stuff, stuffed, tumidity, turgidity, tympany |
| Antonyms: | plain speaking |
| Main Entry: | grandiloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
| Synonyms: | boastful, claptrap, eloquence, fustian, grandiosity, magniloquence, orotundity, rant, turgidity |
| Notes: | magniloquence refers to a language that is lofty and extravagant, whereas grandiloquence refers to a language that is pompous or bombastic |
| Main Entry: | orotundity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, histrionics, magniloquence, pomposity, rant, turgidity |
| Main Entry: | turgidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
| Synonyms: | balderdash, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, histrionics, magniloquence, orotundity, pomposity, rant |
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| Main Entry: | rhetoric |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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allegorical, anapestic, dactylic, descriptive, dialectic, elliptical, humorous, hyperbolic, iambic, interrogative, ironical, metaphorical, narrative, ornamental, prosaic, rhythmical, sarcastic, symbolic, synonymous, tautologic, trochaic, witty
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