| 单词 | high sounding |
| 释义 | (adjective) Synonyms extravagant The couple wed in extravagant style. affected She passed by with an affected air and a disdainful look. imposing strained artificial flamboyant flamboyant architectural paint effects high-flown Many personnel were put off by such high-flown rhetoric. pompous She winced at his pompous phraseology. pretentious He talked a lot of pretentious twaddle about modern art. grandiose Not one of his grandiose plans has ever come to anything. overblown The book contains a heavy dose of overblown lyrical description. stilted His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling. ostentatious the ostentatious lifestyle of the super-rich florid a liking for florid writing bombastic the bombastic style of his oratory grandiloquent She attacked her colleagues for indulging in `grandiloquent' language. magniloquent He waxed magniloquent on the cultivation of turnips. Additional synonymsin the sense of affected Definition pretended She passed by with an affected air and a disdainful look. Synonyms pretended, artificial, contrived, put-on, assumed, mannered, studied, precious, stiff, simulated, mincing, sham, unnatural, pompous, pretentious, counterfeit, feigned, spurious, conceited, insincere, camp (informal), la-di-da (informal), arty-farty (informal), phoney or phony (informal) in the sense of bombastic the bombastic style of his oratory Synonyms grandiloquent, inflated, ranting, windy, high-flown, pompous, grandiose, histrionic, wordy, verbose, declamatory, fustian, magniloquentin the sense of flamboyant Definition very bright and showy flamboyant architectural paint effects Synonyms showy, rich, elaborate, over the top (informal), extravagant, baroque, ornate, ostentatious, rococoNearby words of |
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