declamatory
/dɪˈklamət(ə)ri
/adjective
Vehement or impassioned in expression: a long declamatory speech...
- In theatre terms, the plays are didactic and are prone to long impassioned declamatory speeches.
- The music's expression ranges from declamatory to lyrical.
- He made this speech in a declamatory manner, standing in front of the fire, addressing himself half to Lucasta and half to an unseen audience in the middle distance.
Synonyms
rhetorical, oratorical, elaborate, ornate, bold, extravagant, flowery, florid, dramatic, theatrical, lofty, high-flown, high-sounding, bombastic, magniloquent, grandiloquent, overblown, overripe, overdone, overwrought, affected, orotund, inflated, overinflated, pompous, pretentious
informal highfalutin, purple
rare fustian, tumid, euphuistic, aureate, Ossianic
Rhymes
- right-to-know
- right-to-left
- right-to-life
- right-to-lifer
- right-to-work
- right triangle
- right turn
- right-turning
- rightward
- rightwards
- rightward welding
- right whale
- right whale dolphin
- right whale porpoise
- right whaler
- right whaling
- right wing
- right-winger
- right-wingery
- right-wingism
- right-wingy
- rightwise
- right/wrong
- righty
- righty-ho