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grandiloquent
adjective as in pretentious, flowery (communication)
Example Sentences
“Liquid silk,” “otherworldly,” “heaven in a cup,” and more resounding, grandiloquent, highly praiseful words and phrases fill your mind when you taste this amazing brew.
But it is one that predictably becomes more complicated in the Situation Room than it seems at the podium during a grandiloquent speech.
When he waxed poetic about his salad days as the page of the Duke of Norfolk, his voice turned light, proud and assured — grandiloquent, yes, but also creditable.
It all seems a bit much for state politics but then DeSantis' grandiloquent rhetoric says pretty clearly that he's short term in Tallahassee.
While some critics dismissed the records as grandiloquent and sketchily produced, we embraced their quirky storytelling and spontaneous energy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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