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[ gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt ] / grænˈdɪl ə kwənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR grandiloquent ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivespeaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. Origin of grandiloquentFirst recorded in 1585–95; grandiloqu(ence) + -ent SYNONYMS FOR grandiloquentturgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious. SEE SYNONYMS FOR grandiloquent ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR grandiloquentsimple, sincere. SEE ANTONYMS FOR grandiloquent ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM grandiloquentgran·dil·o·quent·ly, adverbWords nearby grandiloquentGrandgent, Grand Guignol, Grand Haven, grandiflora, grandiloquence, grandiloquent, grand inquisitor, grandiose, grandioso, Grand Island, grand jeté Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for grandiloquentYet a moment like this seems so overblown, so grandiloquent, and so self-consciously heroic that it simply stuns me. The Hinge of War: Michael Gorra on the Civil War’s Turning Point|Michael Gorra|May 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST And then there was the grandiloquent Republican leader Everett Dirksen. This Isn’t Obama’s Malaise, It’s GOP Intransigence|Robert Shrum|May 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST A celebrity whose egocentric and grandiloquent pronouncements reveal a potentially dangerous person in serious need of help? Charlie Sheen: Stop Putting Him on TV!|Jace Lacob|March 1, 2011|DAILY BEAST Note as well their wily use of the word "stuff"—a bit of vernacular so the message doesn't get too grandiloquent. De Beers: Diamonds Are a Recession's Best Friend|Adam Hanft|December 6, 2008|DAILY BEAST
With grandiloquent gesture he raised another of the tindery fragments and ignited it from the first. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various Friedrich has still his hopes of Bavaria, so grandiloquent are the French in regard to it; who but would hope? History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XV. (of XXI.)|Thomas Carlyle I saw the chance for fun and for putting on their own grandiloquent style. Strange True Stories of Louisiana|George Washington Cable "Enough to blow you all to pieces before an hour," was the grandiloquent reply. Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15)|Charles Morris They say that he lacked inspiration, and was vulgar, bombastic, and grandiloquent. Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol 4|Charles Dudley Warner
British Dictionary definitions for grandiloquent
adjectiveinflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression Derived forms of grandiloquentgrandiloquence, noungrandiloquently, adverbWord Origin for grandiloquentC16: from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to grandiloquentaureate, bombastic, declamatory, fustian, high-flown, histrionic, inflated, magniloquent, oratorical, orotund, overblown, pompous, purple, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen, verbose, windbag, windy |