grandiloquent

English - Turkish

Definition of grandiloquent in English Turkish dictionary

tumturaklı

Tumturaklı, ağdalı

{s} yerinde

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grandiloquently

tumturaklı olarak

English - English

Definition of grandiloquent in English English dictionary

overly wordy, pompous, flowery, or elaborate

speaking in or characterized by a pompous or bombastic style

puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

{s} pompous, excessively eloquent (of speech or writing)

Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic

lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

disapproval Grandiloquent language or behaviour is very formal, literary, or exaggerated, and is used by people when they want to seem important. using words that are too long and formal in order to sound important = pompous (grandiloquus, from grandis ( GRAND) + loqui )

largiloquent

grandiloquous

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grandiloquently

showing grandiloquence

grandiloquently

in a flowery manner, in a pompous fashion (of speech or writing)

grandiloquently

in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; "the orator spoke magniloquently

grandiloquently

in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner; "the orator spoke magniloquently"

Hyphenation

gran·di·lo·quent

Turkish pronunciation

grändîlıkwınt

Synonyms

bombastic, extravagant, flowery, ostentatious, pretentious, sesquipedalian, aureate, big-talking, declamatory, euphistic, fustian, high-flown, histrionic, inflated, magniloquent

Antonyms

plain, simple, unadorned, unpretentious

Pronunciation

/granˈdələkwənt/ /ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt/

Etymology

() From Latin grandiloquus grandis (“great, full”) + loquor (“speak”)