dĭ-klăm'ə-tôr'ē
Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument
Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
Having the outward appearance but lacking in substance:
(Of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
Characterized or accompanied by wind
Having the respiratory passages blocked:
Advertisement
Splendid or brilliant, often affectedly so
Made of or as if of fustian:
Using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions
Exceedingly lofty or exalted:
Oratorial or even contrived sounding.
Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
Advertisement
Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
Overblown; bombastic:
ciceronian
(Rhetoric) With effusive use of antithesis and long sentences.
So formal or high-sounding as to seem pompous, unnatural, or old-fashioned
A speech marked by strong feeling; a tirade.
An exhibition; esp., a large public exhibition or show, often international in scope
Advertisement
A formal public speech, esp. one given at a ceremony
To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
To speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering way
Expound is defined as to explain further or in more detail.
To set forth in words; state:
Advertisement
To speak or shout at length in an uncontrollable anger.
rhetorize
To represent by a figure of rhetoric, or by personification.
To utter in a wordy, dull, or pompous manner:
Advertisement
Understanding and tolerant; liberal:
Of a bulging shape; protuberant.
The definition of turgid is something swollen or bloated, or language or style that is designed to show-off.
The definition of fluent is having complete knowledge of a foreign language so you can express yourself in that language, or the ability to speak easily, flow freely or move smoothly.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of an orator or oratory.
Verbose is defined as a person who uses way too many words, or who talks a lot.
Of or relating to the art of public speaking
Straightforward; frank or candid:
The slender part of a flower pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary.
dance-like
hymn-like
song-like
elegaic
Find another word for declamatory. In this page you can discover 52 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for declamatory, like: flowery, rhetorical, elocutionary, formal, bombastic, windy, stuffy, fluent, oratorical, verbose and aureate.
Trending topics