Fustian synonyms

fŭs'chən

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bombast
Talk or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning; pompous language
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ranting
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pomposity
The quality of being pompous; ostentation; self-importance
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euphuism (related)
Affected elegance of language.
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wordiness (related)
The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence.
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grandiloquence
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
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orotundity
The quality of being orotund.
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rant
Ranting speech
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turgidity
The state or quality of being turgid
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aureate
Splendid or brilliant, often affectedly so
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bombastic
(Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
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declamatory
Marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic
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flowery
Decorated with flowers.
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grandiloquent
Using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions
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high-flown
Exceedingly lofty or exalted:
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high-sounding
Oratorial or even contrived sounding.
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magniloquent
Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
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orotund
Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
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overblown
Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.
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rhetorical
Used for persuasive effect:
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sonorous
Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
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swollen
Overblown; bombastic:
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plain (related)
Something free of ornamentation or extraneous matter.
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style (related)
(Zoology) A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process:
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words (related)
Pretentious, pompous speech or writing
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blah
Worthless nonsense; drivel.
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woolen (related)
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worsted (related)
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drugget (related)
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Fustian Sentence Examples

  • Coal and salt are raised, and the other industries include fustian, towel, couch, chair and nail factories, iron and brass foundries, stone quarries and corn mills.

  • The once considerable manufacture of fustian has declined.

  • Jean, said to be derived from Genoa where a kind of fustian with this title was made, is a kind of twilled cloth.

  • Jacob Bright was educated at the Ackworth school of the Society of Friends, and was apprenticed to a fustian manufacturer at New Mills.

  • It was used as the headquarters of the fustian weavers during their strike in 1906-7.

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