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View usage for: (grændɪləkwənt) adjectiveGrandiloquent language or behaviour is very formal, literary, or exaggerated, and is used by people when they want to seem important. [formal, disapproval] She attacked her colleagues for indulging in 'grandiose and grandiloquent language'. Synonyms: pompous, inflated, rhetorical, high-flown More Synonyms of grandiloquent grandiloquent in British English (ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt) adjectiveinflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression Derived forms grandiloquence (granˈdiloquence) noun grandiloquently (granˈdiloquently) adverb Word origin C16: from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak grandiloquent in American English (grænˈdɪləkwənt) adjective using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions SIMILAR WORDS: bomˈbastic Derived forms grandiloquence (granˈdiloquence) noun grandiloquently (granˈdiloquently) adverb Word origin < L grandiloquus < grandis, grand + loqui, to speak, after eloquent Examples of 'grandiloquent' in a sentencegrandiloquent Definition using pompous or unnecessarily complicated language She attacked her colleagues for indulging in `grandiloquent' language. Synonyms high-sounding fustian orotund Additional synonymsthe bombastic style of his oratory Synonyms grandiloquent, inflated, ranting, windy, high-flown, pompous, grandiose, histrionic, wordy, verbose, declamatory, fustian, magniloquentDefinition (of language or style) containing elaborate literary expressions They were using uncommonly flowery language. Synonyms ornate, fancy, rhetorical, high-flown, embellished, figurative, florid, overwrought, euphuistic, baroqueDefinition extravagant or pretentious Many personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric. Synonyms extravagant, elaborate, pretentious, exaggerated, inflated, lofty, grandiose, overblown, florid, high-falutin (informal), arty-farty (informal), magniloquentNearby words ofgrandiloquent - grand
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