Of or relating to the art of public speaking

• rhetorical

  1. Used for persuasive effect:
  2. Using or characterized by mere rhetoric, or artificial eloquence; showy and elaborate in style
  3. Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.

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  1. Used for persuasive effect:
  2. Using or characterized by mere rhetoric, or artificial eloquence; showy and elaborate in style
  3. Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.

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• oratorical

  1. Given to oratory
  2. Of, or relating to oratory or an orator
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory.

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  1. Given to oratory
  2. Of, or relating to oratory or an orator
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory.

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• elocutionary

  1. Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical

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  1. Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical

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Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style

• swollen

  1. Increased in volume or size, as from inner pressure; blown up; distended; bulging
  2. Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
  3. Overblown; bombastic:

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  1. Increased in volume or size, as from inner pressure; blown up; distended; bulging
  2. Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
  3. Overblown; bombastic:

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• sonorous

  1. Produced in the manner of a sonorant.
  2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
  3. Having a powerful, impressive sound; high-sounding

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  1. Produced in the manner of a sonorant.
  2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
  3. Having a powerful, impressive sound; high-sounding

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• rhetorical

  1. Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.
  2. Using or characterized by mere rhetoric, or artificial eloquence; showy and elaborate in style
  3. Used for persuasive effect:

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  1. Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.
  2. Using or characterized by mere rhetoric, or artificial eloquence; showy and elaborate in style
  3. Used for persuasive effect:

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• overblown

  1. Past the stage of full bloom:
  2. Pompous or bombastic
  3. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic:

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  1. Past the stage of full bloom:
  2. Pompous or bombastic
  3. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic:

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• orotund

  1. Clear, strong, and deep; resonant
  2. Bombastic or pompous
  3. Full in sound; sonorous:

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  1. Clear, strong, and deep; resonant
  2. Bombastic or pompous
  3. Full in sound; sonorous:

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• magniloquent

  1. Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
  2. Lofty, pompous, or grandiose in speech or style of expression
  3. Boastful or bombastic

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  1. Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
  2. Lofty, pompous, or grandiose in speech or style of expression
  3. Boastful or bombastic

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• high-sounding

  1. Sounding pretentious or impressive
  2. Pretentiously impressive; pompous:
  3. Oratorial or even contrived sounding.

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  1. Sounding pretentious or impressive
  2. Pretentiously impressive; pompous:
  3. Oratorial or even contrived sounding.

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• high-flown

  1. Exceedingly lofty or exalted:
  2. Highly pretentious or inflated:
  3. High-sounding but meaningless; bombastic

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  1. Exceedingly lofty or exalted:
  2. Highly pretentious or inflated:
  3. High-sounding but meaningless; bombastic

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• grandiloquent

  1. Using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions

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  1. Using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions

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• fustian

  1. Pompous and pretentious
  2. Made of or as if of fustian:
  3. Pompous, bombastic, and ranting:

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  1. Pompous and pretentious
  2. Made of or as if of fustian:
  3. Pompous, bombastic, and ranting:

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• flowery

  1. Covered or decorated with flowers
  2. Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished:
  3. Of a speech or piece of writing: too complicated; elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; bombastic; verbose.

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  1. Covered or decorated with flowers
  2. Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished:
  3. Of a speech or piece of writing: too complicated; elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; bombastic; verbose.

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• bombastic

  1. High-sounding but with little meaning.
  2. (Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
  3. (Of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

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  1. High-sounding but with little meaning.
  2. (Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
  3. (Of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

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• aureate

  1. Inflated and pompous in style.
  2. Splendid or brilliant, often affectedly so
  3. Of a golden color; gilded.

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  1. Inflated and pompous in style.
  2. Splendid or brilliant, often affectedly so
  3. Of a golden color; gilded.

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Eloquent

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• elocutionary

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Pompous

• stuffy

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• windy

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• bombastic

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