Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style

• swollen

  1. Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
  2. Overblown; bombastic:

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  1. Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
  2. Overblown; bombastic:

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• sonorous

  1. Having or producing sound.
  2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
  3. Impressive in style of speech:

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  1. Having or producing sound.
  2. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
  3. Impressive in style of speech:

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• rhetorical

  1. Of or relating to rhetoric.
  2. Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.
  3. Used for persuasive effect:

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  1. Of or relating to rhetoric.
  2. Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.
  3. Used for persuasive effect:

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• overblown

  1. Excessive, exaggerated, or overdone:
  2. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic:

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  1. Excessive, exaggerated, or overdone:
  2. Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic:

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• orotund

  1. Pompous and bombastic:
  2. Full in sound; sonorous:

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  1. Pompous and bombastic:
  2. Full in sound; sonorous:

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• magniloquent

  1. Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

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  1. Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.

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• high-sounding

  1. Pretentiously impressive; pompous:

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  1. Pretentiously impressive; pompous:

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• high-flown

  1. Exceedingly lofty or exalted:
  2. Highly pretentious or inflated:

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  1. Exceedingly lofty or exalted:
  2. Highly pretentious or inflated:

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• fustian

  1. A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and linen or flax.
  2. Any of several thick twilled cotton fabrics, such as corduroy, having a short nap.
  3. Pretentious speech or writing; pompous language.

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  1. A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and linen or flax.
  2. Any of several thick twilled cotton fabrics, such as corduroy, having a short nap.
  3. Pretentious speech or writing; pompous language.

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• flowery

  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of flowers:
  2. Abounding in or covered with flowers.
  3. Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished:

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  1. Of, relating to, or suggestive of flowers:
  2. Abounding in or covered with flowers.
  3. Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished:

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• declamatory

  1. Having the quality of a declamation.
  2. Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.

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  1. Having the quality of a declamation.
  2. Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.

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• bombastic

  1. using or characterized by high-sounding but unimportant or meaningless language; pompous; grandiloquent

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  1. using or characterized by high-sounding but unimportant or meaningless language; pompous; grandiloquent

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• aureate

  1. Of a golden color; gilded.
  2. Inflated and pompous in style.

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  1. Of a golden color; gilded.
  2. Inflated and pompous in style.

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